Camelback Mountain
Camelback Mountain rises to 647 m in Pennsylvania. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Appalachian Express Mountain Coaster, a attraction 0.6 miles away. Delaware River Valley passes 16 miles off.
The story
Camelback Mountain or Big Pocono is a conspicuous geographic feature on the Pocono Plateau. It is not a mountain, but rather a peninsular section of the Pocono Plateau, that when viewed from three sides, appears to be a mountain. The summit of Big Pocono "Mountain" is actually nearly level with land to the west and northwest, together comprising the top of the Glaciated Pocono Plateau, which is part of the larger Allegheny Plateau. The Pocono Plateau, a distinctive geologic feature not to be confused with the larger Pocono Mountains, is a glaciated plateau formed during at least three glacial movements. As glaciers moved south from Canada, they scraped flat what is now the plateau. The Glacier Movements also created other distinctive features of this region, including peat bogs and swamps, which resulted when glacial scour produced un-drained scars on the plateau's surface. Examples of depressions created by glacial scour include Deep Lake and Wolf Swamp just west of Big Pocono State Park. Big Pocono's distinctive shape, hence its nickname, and 1,000 ft prominence above land to the south, east, and north makes it plainly visible from the east and south. However, this feature is not apparent when viewed from the west. Big Pocono is home to a ski area called Camelback Mountain Resort and Big Pocono State Park. The park lies on the summit of the mountain, where there are hiking trails and picnic tables. Views from the summit are extensive. On a clear day the Delaware Water Gap, High Point (New Jersey) and the Catskill Mountains in New York State can be seen.
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Wikidata Q5025876, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 647 m
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Delaware River Valley
- 26.2 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 28.9 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Foul Rift Observation Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mountain View Park: 1.5 mi
- Jackson Township Park: 1.9 mi
- TLC Park: 2.2 mi
- Barton Glen Park: 3.4 mi
- Borough Hall Park: 5.6 mi
- Beehive: 1.8 mi
- Bear Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Deer Mountain: 3.7 mi
- High Knob: 4.4 mi
- Mount Sophia: 5.7 mi
- Tannersville Woods Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Hamilton Jackson Pocono Park: 3.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 186: 4.1 mi
- Kettle Creek Environmental Education Center: 4.7 mi
- Tannersville Cranberry Bog Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Appalachian Express Mountain Coaster: 0.6 mi
- Hotel of Horror: 10.5 mi
- Split Rock: 14.2 mi
- Rock Cores: 15.0 mi
- Pocono Whitewater: 17.1 mi
- Grave of Etna Bittenbender: 8.1 mi
- DL&W Interlocking Tower: 8.4 mi
- Coal Pocket: 9.2 mi
- Historic Churliegh Inn: 9.8 mi
- Veterans' Memorial Flag & Plaque: 11.7 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 7.6 mi
- Bond Hill Falls: 11.2 mi
- Marshalls Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 11.8 mi
- Tobyhanna Falls: 12.7 mi
- Brodhead Creek Heritage Center: 7.1 mi
- Eddie's Toy Museum & Store: 8.0 mi
- Heritage Center of Western Pocono Community Library: 8.3 mi
- Cresco Station Museum: 8.6 mi
- Monroe County Historical Association: 9.0 mi
- Indain Mountain Lake Beach: 8.5 mi
- Tall Timber Beach: 8.6 mi
- Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 11.6 mi
- Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 14.0 mi
- Smithfield Beach: 15.5 mi
- Bill Warner Spring: 11.0 mi
- Octave Spring: 12.6 mi
- Leroy A. Smith Spring #1: 14.0 mi
- Horn Springs: 14.1 mi
- Leroy A. Smith Spring #2: 14.2 mi
- The Knob: 5.3 mi
- Wolf Rocks: 10.6 mi
- Indian Ladder: 13.2 mi
- Indian Head: 13.2 mi
- Ridgefield Point: 20.1 mi
- Hialeah Recreation Site: 14.0 mi
- Robin Cove Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 17.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 18.3 mi
- Willow picnic grove: 18.8 mi
- Glacier Lake Garden: 8.9 mi
- Sarah Street Garden: 9.2 mi
- Knowlton Township Butterfly Garden: 16.1 mi
- Labyrinth Garden: 18.4 mi
- Palmerton Concourse Club Rose Garden: 21.3 mi
- Rock Maze: 20.4 mi
- Palmerton "Patches": 21.3 mi
- Sons of Liberty: 21.3 mi
- Benjamin Franklin Statue: 23.5 mi
- Fireman's Drinking Fountain: 24.3 mi
- Crescent Lake Rest Area: 1.6 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 11.5 mi
- Rest area: 18.1 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 22.7 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 22.9 mi
- Eshback: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Camelback Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pine Hill | NW 312° | 690 m | 19.9 mi |
| Dresser Hill | N 358° | 673 m | 12.3 mi |
| Pimple Hill | W 264° | 669 m | 8.2 mi |
| Lake Mountain | W 271° | 666 m | 13.2 mi |
| Panther Hill | NW 318° | 662 m | 20.2 mi |
| Turkey Knoll | N 8° | 655 m | 10.2 mi |
| Blair Hill | NNW 327° | 645 m | 18.5 mi |
| Stone Tower | NW 308° | 636 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:56 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:53 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Pocono Pocono Mountains MUN, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1170962 — Camelback Mountain, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357279639
Day trips start here
- Bangor · 14 mi
- Sterling · 20 mi
- Nazareth · 21 mi
- Warren County · 21 mi
- Easton · 25 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 25 mi
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