Chestnut Hill
Chestnut Hill rises to 219 m in Pennsylvania. Kittatinny Mountain stands 464 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Gollub Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 3.8 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Chestnut Hill (Paxinosa Ridge, College Hill, Lafayette Hill or Mount Lafayette) is a low mountain in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The main peak rises to 722 feet (220 m), and is located in Forks Township; the southern slopes extend into the City of Easton where it is known as College Hill in allusion to Lafayette College. The neighborhood within Forks Township on the northern slopes of the mountain is known as Chestnut Hill. Chestnut Hill overlooks the Delaware River, and, with Marble Mountain on the New Jersey side, forms Weygadt Gap or the "Little Water Gap". The cliff overlooking Weygadt Gap is known as St. Anthony's Nose. Chestnut Hill adjoins the Great Appalachian Valley to the north at Frost Hollow. It is part of the Reading Prong of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Wikidata Q25203991, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 219 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 4.6 mi off the Delaware River Valley
- 14.9 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Foul Rift Observation Deck · 9 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 28 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gollub Park: 0.3 mi
- Jay R. Snyder Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Frost Hollow Overlook: 0.7 mi
- Ramblewood Recreation Swale: 0.7 mi
- Nevin Park: 0.7 mi
- Bixlers Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Marble Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Mount Parnassus: 2.2 mi
- Morgan Hill: 3.7 mi
- Church Hill: 5.3 mi
- Crayola Experience: 2.0 mi
- Delaware River Railroad Excursions: 2.0 mi
- Josiah White II Canal Boat: 4.4 mi
- SteelStacks: 11.4 mi
- The Sun Inn: 11.7 mi
- Sigal Museum: 2.0 mi
- Phillipsburg Railroad Historians Museum: 2.1 mi
- Jimmy and Mary Lee Canal Museum: 3.6 mi
- National Canal Museum / D&L Headquarters: 4.4 mi
- Van Nest Hoff-Vannatta Farmstead: 4.6 mi
- Marquis de Lafayette Statue: 1.4 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Dr. Traill Green Monument: 1.9 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 1.9 mi
- Railroad roundhouse: 2.0 mi
- Marble Hill Natural Resource Area: 0.4 mi
- Binney and Smith Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Alpha Grasslands Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Ferraro Obulaney Tract: 4.8 mi
- Martins Creek Environmental Preserve Boat Access Area: 6.5 mi
- Kressler Garden: 2.0 mi
- Juliana Street Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- LaFarm: 2.3 mi
- South 10th and Pine Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Lower Hackett Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Leopard: 1.4 mi
- Shapeyard: 1.4 mi
- Transcendence: 1.4 mi
- John Amos Comenius Monument: 11.4 mi
- The Bridge: 11.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 6.7 mi
- Charlie Brown's Clearing: 10.6 mi
- Picinic Table (S): 10.9 mi
- Picinic Table (C): 10.9 mi
- Parkside Pavillion: 19.9 mi
- High Falls: 11.3 mi
- Princess Run Waterfall: 15.9 mi
- Upper Falls: 16.2 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 16.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 16.3 mi
- Saint Anthonys Nose: 0.6 mi
- Mount Washington: 2.2 mi
- Nockamixon Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- Wolf Rocks: 14.4 mi
- Indian Ladder: 17.8 mi
- Marble Spring: 1.5 mi
- Horn Springs: 11.3 mi
- Stempa Spring: 13.8 mi
- Helfrichs Spring: 16.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 17.2 mi
- Wilson Avenue River Access: 8.4 mi
- Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 21.3 mi
- Smithfield Beach: 22.6 mi
- Turtle Beach: 23.3 mi
- 309 Truck Stop: 18.3 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 19.1 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 24.9 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kittatinny Mountain | N 3° | 464 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mount No More | ENE 57° | 348 m | 10.6 mi |
| County House Mountain | ENE 63° | 348 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Mohepinoke | NE 55° | 340 m | 15.2 mi |
| Scotts Mountain | ENE 74° | 331 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bauer Rock | SW 230° | 317 m | 16.4 mi |
| Gaffney Hill | SSW 206° | 308 m | 7.0 mi |
| Flint Hill | SSW 212° | 308 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:55 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:53 | 16:37 |
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 | 31 | 39 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phillipsburg-easton BRG, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1171724 — Chestnut Hill, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357280824
Day trips start here
- Easton · 2 mi
- Phillipsburg · 2 mi
- Nazareth · 6 mi
- Bangor · 10 mi
- Bethlehem · 11 mi
- Hellertown · 12 mi
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