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Big Poe Mountain

Big Poe Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Big Poe Mountain rises to 651 m in Pennsylvania. Little Flat stands 738 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Poe Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 23 miles off.

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49012691, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
651 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.81370, -77.52147

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Mira Lloyd Dock Resource Conservation Center: 5.3 mi
  • Potter Run Park: 5.5 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park: 6.1 mi
  • Milroy Baseball Fields: 8.0 mi
  • Tri-Municipal Park: 9.2 mi
Historic sites
Springs: 40
  • Havice Spring: 2.9 mi
  • White Pine Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Mammoth Spring: 8.3 mi
  • McKinney Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Coffee Run Spring: 12.5 mi
Museums: 24
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 22
  • Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park: 6.7 mi
  • Beer Tap: 10.0 mi
  • Lewistown Armory: 13.6 mi
  • Deeded Square Inches: 14.1 mi
  • Red Candle Island: 14.4 mi
Gardens: 11
Picnic sites: 7
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Kish park beach access: 13.2 mi
  • Beach access to Kish Creek: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Big Poe Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little FlatWSW 251°738 m12.9 mi
Thickhead MountainWSW 243°733 m10.2 mi
The WineheadNNE 15°724 m10.6 mi
Grass MountainWSW 239°717 m12.5 mi
Broad MountainSW 234°716 m9.5 mi
Milligans KnobSW 223°711 m12.1 mi
Big Kettle MountainN 360°688 m10.5 mi
Bald MountainSW 234°675 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:3920:0420:46
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:3216:0216:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242735475867716961503930
Precip in3.02.33.33.63.94.03.94.04.43.63.13.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millheim, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/5797593669

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