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Blue Ridge Mountain

Blue Ridge Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Blue Ridge Mountain rises to 358 m in Pennsylvania. Tyler Mountain stands 718 m to the west-southwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Round Top, a peak 2.7 miles away. Gateway to the Endless Mountains passes 7.6 miles off.

About

The story

Blue Ridge Mountain is an isolated single peak in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania overlooking a loop of the Main Branch Susquehanna River in the sparsely settled Endless Mountains in Northeastern Pennsylvania a couple of miles west of Meshoppen at latitude, longitude coordinates: 41.6078537, -76.0929827 overlooking the northern end of the Wyoming Valley region. U.S. Route 6, a main east-west secondary highway and the railroad tracks built by the Lehigh Valley Railroad once followed by the famous Black Diamond Express named luxury trains on their daily runs from New York City to Buffalo, New York passes by its foot between the summit and the left bank (north) of the Susquehanna River.

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Wikidata Q30621636, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
358 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.60785, -76.09298
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Little Round Top: 2.7 mi
  • Doolittle Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Maynard Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Mehoopany Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Florey Knob: 4.7 mi
Parks
  • Feed Mill Park: 9.0 mi
  • McCord Park: 9.1 mi
  • Bob Massaker Sports Complex: 9.5 mi
  • Lee Baumgartner Sports Complex: 9.6 mi
  • Lazy Brook Park: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 29
Historic sites: 22
Nature reserves: 19
Museums: 9
  • Wyalusing Valley Museum: 9.6 mi
  • French Azilum Historic Site: 14.5 mi
  • Bradford County Historical Society: 21.2 mi
  • The Home Textile & Tool Museum: 21.2 mi
  • P.P.Bliss Gospel Songwriters Museum: 21.5 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Laporte House: 14.4 mi
  • Tunkhannock Viaduct: 16.4 mi
  • Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 19.3 mi
  • A Very Old Barn: 24.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Salt Springs: 24.0 mi
  • The Salt Spring: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Roadside Rest: 9.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Jean Beach: 20.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Glens Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Baldwin House Garden: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Blue Ridge Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tyler MountainWSW 245°718 m9.6 mi
Forkston MountainS 169°715 m7.3 mi
South MountainS 182°709 m10.0 mi
Bartlett MountainSW 216°705 m8.7 mi
Dutch MountainSW 217°695 m11.5 mi
Flat TopSSW 201°685 m8.9 mi
Miller MountainSE 138°672 m11.0 mi
Stone MountainS 184°670 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4019:17
June solstice05:3120:0120:43
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2915:5316:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242533445564686659483829
Precip in3.12.33.14.04.14.04.54.54.13.82.93.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dushore, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1169893 — Blue Ridge Mountain, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357277831

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