Chestnut Hill
Chestnut Hill rises to 290 m in Pennsylvania. Big Flat Tower stands 628 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone Jug Hill, a peak 2.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 4.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49020049, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 290 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 18.7 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 23.3 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 26.8 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 12 mi
- Chimney Rock · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stone Jug Hill: 2.5 mi
- Wolfpit Hill: 2.6 mi
- Rampike Hill: 3.5 mi
- Tysons Hill: 3.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 4.2 mi
- York Springs: 5.3 mi
- Gettysburg Campaign: 7.1 mi
- Green's LA Guard Artillery Battery: 7.4 mi
- Courtney VA Artillery “Tanner’s Battery”: 7.4 mi
- Staunton VA Artillery Battery: 7.5 mi
- Oakside Community Park: 3.6 mi
- Dog Playground: 3.6 mi
- Griest Community Park: 5.4 mi
- Latimore Valley Fair Grounds: 7.3 mi
- Straban Township Park: 7.3 mi
- National Apple Museum: 4.0 mi
- Ye Olde Sulphur Spa Historical Society: 5.3 mi
- Eastern Museum of MotorSports Racing: 7.1 mi
- Appalachian Trail Museum: 8.1 mi
- Adams County Historical Society: 8.3 mi
- Return visit: 9.0 mi
- Women's Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg: 10.3 mi
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Statue: 12.5 mi
- Benjamin Rush: 17.0 mi
- Katelysine Spring: 9.0 mi
- Menchey’s Spring: 9.6 mi
- Spangler's Spring: 10.0 mi
- Tar Kettle Springs: 10.9 mi
- Bucher Spring: 11.9 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 9.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 305: 11.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 242: 15.3 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 15.7 mi
- Cave Hill Nature Center: 18.3 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 10.3 mi
- Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 14.7 mi
- West Locust Community Garden: 17.1 mi
- Grantham Community Garden: 17.4 mi
- Special Needs Garden: 18.6 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 11.8 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 12.0 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 12.0 mi
- Tartown: 17.0 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 18.5 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 21.0 mi
- Clermont Crag: 22.0 mi
- Beach Front: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Chestnut Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Flat Tower | WNW 285° | 628 m | 12.1 mi |
| Strasbaugh Hill | W 274° | 605 m | 12.2 mi |
| Ram Hill | W 276° | 595 m | 11.8 mi |
| Sier Hill | W 272° | 586 m | 13.4 mi |
| Rocky Knob | W 270° | 566 m | 13.4 mi |
| Wolf Hill | W 268° | 551 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mount Newman | WSW 250° | 544 m | 14.0 mi |
| Lewis Rocks | WNW 293° | 527 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:04 | 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 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Biglerville, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1171718 — Chestnut Hill, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357280784
Day trips start here
- Gettysburg · 9 mi
- Hanover · 15 mi
- York · 24 mi
- Chambersburg · 25 mi
- Thurmont · 25 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 26 mi
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