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Chestnut Hill

Chestnut Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Chestnut Hill rises to 282 m in Pennsylvania. Topton Mountain stands 378 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Beverly Hills, a peak 0.4 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

The story

mountain in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States of America; geonames ID = 5184117

Wikidata Q49020060, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
282 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.50177, -75.42685

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Kerrigan's Court: 1.5 mi
  • Town Center Park: 2.0 mi
  • Hopewell Park: 2.4 mi
  • Southern Lehigh Living Memorial Community Park: 2.6 mi
  • Upper Saucon Township Community Park: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
  • Emmaus Historical Society: 4.1 mi
  • ​Upper Bucks Visitor Center at the Marketplace Barn: 5.6 mi
  • Liberty Hall: 5.7 mi
  • Mack Trucks Historical Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Museum of Indian Culture: 6.1 mi
Attractions
Gardens: 38
Artworks: 24
  • Emma: 4.1 mi
  • Mr. Imagination's Sculpture Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Arts Walk Hamilton Connector: 7.3 mi
  • Court Street Arts Alley: 7.4 mi
  • Victor's Lament: 7.9 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Carousel Grove: 7.7 mi
  • Food Fest Grove: 7.8 mi
  • Parkside Pavillion: 7.8 mi
  • Charlie Brown's Clearing: 9.1 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 10.0 mi
Springs: 15
  • Lehigh Park Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Poorhouse Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Helfrichs Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Marble Spring: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • High Falls: 16.3 mi
  • High Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • 309 Truck Stop: 2.5 mi
  • Rest Area: 9.6 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 10.9 mi
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Chestnut Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Topton MountainW 263°378 m13.5 mi
Gap HillWSW 258°349 m11.1 mi
Bauer RockN 353°317 m4.4 mi
Flint HillENE 65°308 m4.5 mi
Gaffney HillNE 46°308 m12.4 mi
KirchbergNE 44°305 m8.4 mi
South MountainNNE 22°301 m6.9 mi
Haycock MountainE 95°295 m10.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3219:5520:36
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2215:5516:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038505968737164534333
Precip in3.83.24.44.24.54.65.64.85.14.93.64.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springtown 1 NNE, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1171722 — Chestnut Hill, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357280817

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