Central Mountain
Central Mountain rises to 685 m in Pennsylvania. Huckleberry Mountain stands 762 m to the west, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimneystack Rock, a peak 0.5 miles away. Gateway to the Endless Mountains passes 26 miles off.
The story
Central Mountain is a mountain in Columbia County, Sullivan County, and Luzerne County, in Pennsylvania, United States. Its elevation is 2,247 feet (685 m) above sea level. The mountain is part of the Allegheny Front. Rock formations on the mountain include the Pocono Formation and the Duncannon Member of the Catskill Formation. It was historically known as North Mountain, but it was renamed Central Mountain (after the village of Central) in the late 1800s. The mountain is one of the most important sites on the Columbia County Natural Areas Inventory and it is inhabited by dozens of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants. Numerous birds and several amphibians and mammals are also found in the area.
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Wikidata Q18642163, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 685 m
How to reach it
- 26.0 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
- 29.1 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Chimneystack Rock: 0.5 mi
- Red Rock Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Grand View: 2.0 mi
- Fritz Hill: 2.3 mi
- Saint Gabriel Hill: 4.2 mi
- Benton Park: 7.4 mi
- Cosgrove Memorial Park: 11.4 mi
- Sullivan County Public Park: 11.5 mi
- Laporte Borough Ball Park: 11.5 mi
- West Union St Community Park: 14.3 mi
- Big Falls: 2.1 mi
- Twin Falls: 2.4 mi
- Big Run Falls: 2.4 mi
- Sullivan Falls: 2.5 mi
- Lewis Falls: 2.8 mi
- Truth and Virtue: 20.7 mi
- Standing Tall: 20.8 mi
- Stone Benches: 20.8 mi
- Marble Bench: 20.8 mi
- Standing Adolescence: 20.8 mi
- saw mill: 0.8 mi
- tannery: 0.9 mi
- Lake Leigh Dam: 4.7 mi
- Ice House: 6.9 mi
- Creveling Lakes: 7.1 mi
- Ricketts Glen State Park: 7.1 mi
- Elklick Run Wilderness Area: 10.5 mi
- Conklin Run Wilderness Area: 10.9 mi
- PFBC Harris Pond: 11.2 mi
- PFBC Harris Pond: 11.2 mi
- Sullivan County Historical Society Museum: 11.4 mi
- Baldwin House: 11.4 mi
- Endless Mountains War Memorial Museum: 11.5 mi
- Eagles Mere Air Museum and Eagles Mere Auto Museum: 12.6 mi
- Eagles Mere: 14.5 mi
- Sullivan County Fairgrounds: 18.2 mi
- Bloomsburg University Fountain: 20.8 mi
- Bloomsburg Fountain: 21.4 mi
- Bloomsburg Fair: 21.9 mi
- The Mary Stegmaier Mansion: 24.2 mi
- Columbia County Rest Area Westbound: 20.7 mi
- Columbia County Rest Area Eastbound: 20.8 mi
- Roadside Rest: 22.6 mi
- Luzerne County Rest Area Northbound: 24.3 mi
- Blue Ridge Travel Plaza: 24.8 mi
- Glens Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Dry Run Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Memorial Class Of 1916: 20.9 mi
- Forksville Covered Bridge: 18.5 mi
- Hillsgrove Covered Bridge: 20.2 mi
- Lake Jean Beach: 4.3 mi
- Ricketts: 7.2 mi
- Baldwin House Garden: 11.4 mi
- Mineral Spring: 15.8 mi
- Picture Rocks: 18.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Central Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huckleberry Mountain | W 265° | 762 m | 7.9 mi |
| Roundtop | WNW 289° | 758 m | 8.4 mi |
| Grand View | ENE 73° | 745 m | 2.0 mi |
| Red Rock Mountain | ENE 57° | 721 m | 1.3 mi |
| Tyler Mountain | NNE 14° | 718 m | 17.7 mi |
| South Mountain | NE 49° | 709 m | 17.0 mi |
| Bartlett Mountain | NNE 29° | 705 m | 16.3 mi |
| Dutch Mountain | NNE 27° | 695 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:01 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:56 | 16:40 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Benton 3 NE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1198272 — Central Mountain, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357334775
Day trips start here
- Wilkes-Barre · 24 mi
- Endless Mountains · 27 mi
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