Big Mountain
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Big Mountain rises to 740 m in Pennsylvania. Clarks Knob stands 709 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Richmond Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 20 miles off.
The story
Big Mountain is the high point on the Tuscarora Mountain ridge in south central Pennsylvania in the United States. The 2,458-foot (749 m) summit is located in the Buchanan State Forest and offers fine view. Tuscarora Formation quartzite of the Silurian Age underlies the summit; it is this weather resistant rock which gives Big Mountain its high prominence. Big Mountain has the largest vertical rise in state, with over an 1800' difference between summit and the creek valley below on the east side of the mountain. Big Mountain and the rest of the Tuscarora Ridge has abundant wildlife. Black bear, white-tailed deer, a variety of bird species and its most notorious resident the timber rattlesnake can be found while hiking on the ridge. The Tuscarora Trail passes along the ridge and over the summit, the nearby Cowans Gap State Park offers a variety of campsites, swimming, boating and hiking trails centered on a 42-acre (17 ha) lake.
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Wikidata Q4906039, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 740 m
How to reach it
- 20.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 20.2 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 23.4 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sideling Hill Viewpoint · 24 mi
- Devils Nose · 25 mi
- Prospect Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lions Park: 2.8 mi
- Sports Fields: 2.8 mi
- Community Center Grounds: 3.0 mi
- Buchanan's Birthplace State Park: 5.5 mi
- John W Angle Veterans Memorial Park: 8.3 mi
- Hogback Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Cape Horn: 1.2 mi
- Jordans Knob: 2.9 mi
- Little Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Parnell Knob: 4.6 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 4.5 mi
- Cove Valley Travel Plaza: 11.1 mi
- Oregon Camp: 13.2 mi
- Sleepy Creek Post Office: 20.9 mi
- 0-6-0 Locomotive: 21.8 mi
- Crawford's Museum & Gift Shop: 16.1 mi
- Friends of the East Broad Top: 18.7 mi
- Hagerstown Aviation Museum: 20.2 mi
- East Broad Top Railroad: 20.2 mi
- Rockhill Trolley Museum: 20.2 mi
- Richmond Spring: 0.9 mi
- Sand Spring: 1.1 mi
- Oak Spring: 2.2 mi
- Reese Spring: 7.1 mi
- Big Spring: 9.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 53: 6.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 76: 14.1 mi
- Conservation Easement East of Indian Springs Wildlife Management Area: 16.4 mi
- Sweeney, Carl and Rebecca Conservation: 18.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 128: 18.9 mi
- Founding Father's Memorial Statue: 14.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 15.2 mi
- IRON: 19.9 mi
- Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 22.2 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 22.2 mi
- The Little Point: 12.3 mi
- The Lockings: 14.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 23.3 mi
- Peace Garden: 22.1 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 22.2 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 23.6 mi
- Junior Officer's Quarters: 23.7 mi
- Captain's Quarters: 23.7 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 24.1 mi
- Bear Valley Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Sideling Hill Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 24.2 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 24.3 mi
- Jarrett Falls: 7.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Big Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Knob | NE 55° | 709 m | 12.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | WNW 291° | 702 m | 11.8 mi |
| Fisher Point | WNW 292° | 701 m | 11.0 mi |
| Emmaville Mountain | WSW 256° | 690 m | 15.6 mi |
| Grave Mountain | NNW 334° | 650 m | 20.7 mi |
| Harbor Mountain | WNW 302° | 649 m | 18.1 mi |
| Kimber Mountain | NW 310° | 642 m | 18.3 mi |
| King Knob | WNW 303° | 638 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:04 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:07 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chambersburg 1 ESE, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357277370
Day trips start here
- Mercersburg · 9 mi
- Chambersburg · 15 mi
- Hancock · 21 mi
- Hagerstown · 24 mi
- Washington County · 25 mi
- Hedgesville · 27 mi
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