Branch Mountain
Branch Mountain rises to 653 m in Pennsylvania. The Winehead stands 724 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cinder Pile Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 17 miles off.
The story
mountain in Union County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wikidata Q49015268, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 653 m
How to reach it
- 16.9 mi off the Bucktail Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Sharpback Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Stone Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Stitzer Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Bartley Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Hough Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Monument: 3.9 mi
- McCall Field: 4.1 mi
- Lincoln Park: 4.4 mi
- R. B. Winter State Park: 4.8 mi
- Sand Bridge State Park: 8.1 mi
- Cinder Pile Spring: 1.2 mi
- Horse Path Spring: 2.0 mi
- Hickernell Spring: 2.5 mi
- Ice Spring: 3.9 mi
- The Little Bubbler: 4.6 mi
- Captain Green Monument: 8.5 mi
- Railroad Bed Historical Marker: 11.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Castenea War Memorial: 15.6 mi
- Historic Plane: 16.2 mi
- Mifflinburg Buggy Museum: 10.6 mi
- Mifflinburg Historical Society Museum: 10.7 mi
- Clinton Central Model Railroad Club: 16.0 mi
- Piper Aviation Museum: 16.3 mi
- Heisey House Museum: 16.8 mi
- State Game Lands Number 201: 11.0 mi
- Poe Valley State Park: 14.4 mi
- Northeast Fishery Center: 15.5 mi
- State Game Lands Number 255: 17.4 mi
- Linn Conservancy: 18.2 mi
- The Lorax Statue: 17.3 mi
- Bald Eagle Statue: 17.7 mi
- student bodies: 23.5 mi
- Little League Statue: 23.5 mi
- Motorcycle: 23.5 mi
- Hairy Johns PIcnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Rock Springs Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Tea Springs Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Snyder-Middleswarth Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- St. Agnes Picnic Grounds: 16.9 mi
- Chimney Rock Overlook: 7.0 mi
- "Holy Toledo" roadcut: 11.2 mi
- Fishery Point: 24.2 mi
- Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir: 24.6 mi
- Long Lane Flower & Garden: 12.6 mi
- Tripollinator Garden: 21.2 mi
- Butterfly Gardens: 24.3 mi
- STREAM Garden: 24.9 mi
- Red Candle Island: 6.0 mi
- J. Doyle Corman Amphitheater and Floating Stage: 16.9 mi
- Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park: 19.3 mi
- Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 9.1 mi
- Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 9.1 mi
- Rosecran Falls: 10.1 mi
- Rosecrans Falls: 10.1 mi
- Ingleby: 11.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Branch Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Winehead | W 277° | 724 m | 11.5 mi |
| Riansares Mountain | NW 319° | 706 m | 10.3 mi |
| Big Kettle Mountain | W 277° | 688 m | 14.3 mi |
| Thick Mountain | SW 233° | 671 m | 6.9 mi |
| White Mountain | SW 222° | 671 m | 10.5 mi |
| Winkelblech Mountain | WSW 250° | 668 m | 4.6 mi |
| Shriner Mountain | W 272° | 665 m | 5.1 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | SSW 203° | 660 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:04 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:01 | 16:45 |
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 | 28 | 32 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 42 | 33 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laurelton CTR, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1170153 — Branch Mountain, Union County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357278263
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