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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. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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

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
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: 59
Peaks: 56
Attractions
Gardens: 34
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: 10
  • 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: 9
  • 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
Beaches: 2
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 10.9 mi
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 19.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • High Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • 309 Truck Stop: 2.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chestnut Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Topton MountainW378 m13.5 mi
Gap HillWSW349 m11.1 mi
Bauer RockN317 m4.4 mi
Flint HillENE308 m4.5 mi
Gaffney HillNE308 m12.4 mi
KirchbergNE305 m8.4 mi
South MountainNNE301 m6.9 mi
Haycock MountainE295 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 50–80 °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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