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Booney Mountain

Booney Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Booney Mountain rises to 551 m in Pennsylvania. The Winehead stands 724 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheep Pen Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 25 miles off.

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49014861, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
551 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.83508, -77.18442

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Lincoln Park: 3.8 mi
  • Joyce Kilmer Monument: 6.1 mi
  • Keene Community Park: 6.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 7.8 mi
  • Charles Park: 7.9 mi
Springs: 23
Historic sites: 13
Nature reserves: 10
Museums: 8
  • Mifflinburg Buggy Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Mifflinburg Historical Society Museum: 9.2 mi
  • Lewisburg Children's Museum: 17.6 mi
  • Fort Augusta & Hunter House Museum: 20.7 mi
  • Millersburg Historical Society: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Rock Springs Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
  • Snyder-Middleswarth Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Hairy Johns PIcnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Tea Springs Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
  • St. Agnes Picnic Grounds: 24.8 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Red Candle Island: 3.7 mi
  • Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park: 22.6 mi
  • Lewistown Armory: 24.3 mi
  • J. Doyle Corman Amphitheater and Floating Stage: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Tripollinator Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Long Lane Flower & Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Butterfly Gardens: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 14.9 mi
  • Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Kish park beach access: 24.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Booney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The WineheadWNW 301°724 m17.2 mi
Strong MountainWSW 255°672 m14.8 mi
Thick MountainWNW 290°671 m9.4 mi
White MountainW 267°671 m10.4 mi
Winkelblech MountainNW 307°668 m9.6 mi
Shriner MountainNW 312°665 m11.3 mi
Paddy MountainNW 307°660 m6.1 mi
Jones MountainNNE 14°659 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:21
June solstice05:3820:0320:45
September equinox06:5718:3219:08
December solstice07:3016:0116:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283239516270747265544233

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laurelton CTR, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1169999 — Booney Mountain, Snyder County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357277987

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