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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

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: 59
Peaks
Springs: 38
  • 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: 10
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 FlatWSW738 m12.9 mi
Thickhead MountainWSW733 m10.2 mi
The WineheadNNE724 m10.6 mi
Grass MountainWSW717 m12.5 mi
Broad MountainSW716 m9.5 mi
Milligans KnobSW711 m12.1 mi
Bald KnobWSW700 m13.7 mi
Big Kettle MountainN688 m10.5 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 50–80 °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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