Butler Knob
Butler Knob rises to 708 m in Pennsylvania. Coot Hill stands 757 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Top, a peak 2.4 miles away.
The story
Butler Knob is a peak on the Jacks Mountain ridge in south central Pennsylvania in the United States. The "Knobs" summit is underlain with weather resistant quartzite of the Tuscarora Formation (Silurian Age). Butler Knob is accessible by a rough road, where there is a closed firetower on the summit. The firetower presently hold a weather station that gives current forecasts for the area (see link below). There are views available from a nearby scree slope. The views are mainly east, south and west from here; the summits of Big Mountain, Sideling Hill, Williamsburg Mountain and Blue Knob can be seen in the distance. Butler Knob is located within the Rothrock State Forest, all camping and activities on the mountain are subject to the rules and regulations of that agency.
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Wikidata Q5002626, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 708 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Top: 2.4 mi
- Silver Mine Knob: 2.5 mi
- Miranda Hill: 3.1 mi
- Shirley Knob: 3.6 mi
- Chestnut Flat: 4.1 mi
- Riverside Park: 7.2 mi
- Harpers Memorial Park: 9.7 mi
- Woodcock Valley Community Park: 12.6 mi
- Riverside Park: 13.3 mi
- Huntingdon Little League: 13.5 mi
- Post Office and General Store: 4.6 mi
- former Phillips Sand Co. (2 plants): 6.6 mi
- old Glendower Sand Plant: 6.7 mi
- Old PRR Reservoir: 6.9 mi
- World War 2 Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Bell Furnace Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Pavillon 4: 16.3 mi
- Pavillon 2: 16.3 mi
- Pavillon 3: 16.3 mi
- Pavillon 1: 16.3 mi
- East Broad Top Railroad: 5.1 mi
- Rockhill Trolley Museum: 5.1 mi
- Mapleton Historical Society: 7.0 mi
- Swigart Museum: 10.5 mi
- Friends of the East Broad Top: 10.9 mi
- Diehl Spring: 10.3 mi
- Mason Spring: 14.1 mi
- Big Spring: 16.3 mi
- Sand Springs: 20.7 mi
- Swarey Spring: 21.2 mi
- Hemlocks Natural Area: 17.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 76: 18.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 215: 18.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 261: 19.6 mi
- Rocky Ridge Natural Area: 19.9 mi
- Old Cliffs: 8.1 mi
- Pulpit Rocks: 15.8 mi
- Hunter Rock: 18.4 mi
- Donation Rocks: 19.3 mi
- Indian Lookout: 24.0 mi
- Three Crosses of Mapleton: 6.8 mi
- Tank: 17.0 mi
- Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal: 22.7 mi
- Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal: 22.9 mi
- IRON: 6.0 mi
- The Paper Trail: 13.6 mi
- Silent Descent: 14.6 mi
- Aitch: 11.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Butler Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coot Hill | WSW 245° | 757 m | 20.4 mi |
| Loop Mountain | WNW 287° | 750 m | 22.1 mi |
| Clarks Knob | SE 145° | 709 m | 20.4 mi |
| Pulpit Hill | WSW 256° | 707 m | 19.1 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSW 206° | 702 m | 21.7 mi |
| Fisher Point | SSW 204° | 701 m | 21.5 mi |
| Round Knob | SW 234° | 699 m | 7.9 mi |
| Eckenrode Knob | ESE 107° | 683 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:05 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:06 | 16:50 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raystown Lake 2, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357279308
Day trips start here
- Chambersburg · 29 mi
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