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Chestnut Hill

Chestnut Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Chestnut Hill rises to 185 m in Pennsylvania. Flat Rock stands 578 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Trails and Trees Environmental Center, a park 0.2 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 23 miles off.

The story

mountain in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49020054, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
185 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.18537, -77.00109

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Trails and Trees Environmental Center: 0.2 mi
  • Overlook Preserve: 0.5 mi
  • Loop Park: 0.5 mi
  • Friendship Park: 0.6 mi
  • Country Estates Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks: 37
  • Sundial: 0.2 mi
  • River Cow: 4.5 mi
  • Lion Statue: 6.0 mi
  • Circle of Peace: 7.2 mi
  • Harrisburg Giants mural: 7.7 mi
Museums: 33
Gardens: 21
  • Special Needs Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Special Needs Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Grantham Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Camp Hill Literacy Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.1 mi
Nature reserves: 19
Springs: 13
  • Orr's Bridge Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Eichelberger Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Spring Lake Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Letort Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Alexander Spring: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 19.5 mi
  • Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Concrete Beach: 7.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Chestnut Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flat RockWNW 283°578 m22.3 mi
Chimney RocksWSW 246°489 m21.2 mi
Buck Ridge TowerWSW 241°488 m16.0 mi
Third MountainNNE 32°488 m19.1 mi
Bear MountainSW 226°487 m21.9 mi
Long MountainSW 223°479 m9.1 mi
Hammonds RocksWSW 238°462 m15.4 mi
Mount HollyWSW 241°459 m12.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:3920:0120:42
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:2816:0316:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543546473787569574637
Precip in2.62.43.33.73.53.74.33.74.13.72.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg Capital City AP, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1192255 — Chestnut Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357321642

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