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Briar Hill

Briar Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Briar Hill rises to 551 m in Pennsylvania. Big Level stands 779 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mutton Hill, a peak 1.7 miles away.

The story

mountain in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49015367, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
551 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.97424, -77.32387

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 57
Nature reserves: 17
Historic sites: 5
  • War Memorial: 15.7 mi
  • IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing: 16.4 mi
  • Phillip W. Scudder Bridge: 17.3 mi
  • Painted Post Monument: 17.3 mi
  • Preemption Line: 21.2 mi
Museums: 5
Artworks: 5
  • The Critic: 18.0 mi
  • Glass Blower: 18.0 mi
  • Artemus: 18.1 mi
  • Corning Ceremonial Sculpture: 18.2 mi
  • Metal Abstract: 20.5 mi
Attractions: 4
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
  • Matson Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Orchard Spring: 20.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Briar Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big LevelWSW 250°779 m18.5 mi
Jackson HillNW 314°730 m18.8 mi
Tower HillESE 105°715 m16.7 mi
Wheeler HillWNW 298°715 m17.8 mi
Beech HillSW 226°714 m14.1 mi
Grass HillNW 319°710 m17.7 mi
Marsh HillNNW 326°703 m16.9 mi
Mount TomSSW 195°702 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4519:22
June solstice05:3520:0720:49
September equinox06:5718:3219:08
December solstice07:3515:5716:42

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533455665706861503930
Precip in2.21.72.73.23.14.33.53.74.03.42.72.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cowanesque DAM, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357278363

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