Center Point Knob
Center Point Knob rises to 322 m in Pennsylvania. Big Flat Tower stands 628 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is White Rocks, a peak 0.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49019179, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 322 m
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 8th Armored Division: 5.9 mi
- 88th Infantry "Blue Devil" Division: 5.9 mi
- 44th Bomb Group: 5.9 mi
- 80th Infantry "Blue Ridge" Division: 5.9 mi
- Molly Pitcher Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Leidighs Park: 1.7 mi
- OA Cerimony Circle: 1.9 mi
- Cumberland Valley Veterans Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
- Waterfront: 1.9 mi
- Flag Plaza: 2.1 mi
- White Rocks: 0.5 mi
- Long Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Keller Hill: 2.9 mi
- Stone Head: 2.9 mi
- The Peak: 3.6 mi
- Boiler Room Museum: 4.5 mi
- Equipment Museum: 4.6 mi
- U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center: 6.1 mi
- Cumberland County Historical Society: 6.8 mi
- The Oakes Museum of Natural History: 7.1 mi
- Liberation Pointe: 6.2 mi
- Benjamin Rush: 6.9 mi
- Sundial: 7.4 mi
- River Cow: 11.6 mi
- Lion Statue: 13.2 mi
- West Locust Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Grantham Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Special Needs Garden: 7.4 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 8.4 mi
- Camp Hill Literacy Garden: 12.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 305: 0.6 mi
- Cave Hill Nature Center: 7.8 mi
- State Game Lands Number 242: 8.5 mi
- Peiffer Memorial Arboretum and Nature Preserve: 13.9 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 15.2 mi
- Letort Spring: 5.2 mi
- Alexander Spring: 8.5 mi
- Bucher Spring: 10.6 mi
- Orr's Bridge Spring: 11.6 mi
- Eichelberger Spring: 12.5 mi
- Dellville Covered Bridge: 16.5 mi
- Indian Echo Caverns: 22.8 mi
- Memorial Flag Pole: 23.3 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 24.0 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 24.2 mi
- Concrete Beach: 14.9 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 22.2 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Center Point Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Flat Tower | WSW 242° | 628 m | 17.7 mi |
| Ram Hill | WSW 237° | 595 m | 18.8 mi |
| Flat Rock | WNW 300° | 578 m | 18.2 mi |
| Lewis Rocks | WSW 240° | 527 m | 15.4 mi |
| Piney Mountain | SW 232° | 513 m | 18.4 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | WSW 252° | 489 m | 14.1 mi |
| Buck Ridge Tower | WSW 246° | 488 m | 8.8 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SW 222° | 487 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:03 | 16:47 |
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 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlisle WTP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1171442 — Center Point Knob, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357280184
Day trips start here
- Gettysburg · 21 mi
- Hanover · 23 mi
- York · 23 mi
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