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Chimney Rocks

Chimney Rocks, seen from above at true elevation

Chimney Rocks rises to 535 m in Pennsylvania. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the south-southwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Buzzard Peak, a peak 0.1 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49020353, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
535 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.81705, -77.47056

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Mont Alto State Park: 3.8 mi
  • Pine Hill Recreation Area: 5.1 mi
  • Solit farm: 5.8 mi
  • Old Benjamin Tenis Courts: 5.8 mi
  • Old Banjamin Flagpoles: 5.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 38
  • Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 5.5 mi
  • Renfrew Farm & Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Frederick County Fire Museum: 11.0 mi
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 11.2 mi
  • Thompson House - Lee's HQ: 12.0 mi
Springs: 24
  • Knob Springs: 3.2 mi
  • Travelers Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Pearl Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Chestnut Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 4.7 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 10.4 mi
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 10.8 mi
  • Catoctin Furnace: 16.4 mi
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 16.4 mi
  • Children's Village of Washington County: 17.8 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 4.2 mi
  • 42 West: 7.1 mi
  • St. Francis: 11.0 mi
  • Fr. John Dubois: 11.3 mi
  • Return visit: 12.8 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Founder's Plaza: 11.3 mi
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
Gardens: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 11.2 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 21.2 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 5.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Chimney Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainSSW 195°654 m8.6 mi
Snowy MountainNW 314°637 m1.8 mi
Buzzard PeakNNW 343°593 m0.1 mi
The KnobNNE 29°573 m2.9 mi
Rocky MountainNNW 328°570 m3.6 mi
Pleasant PeakNNW 346°565 m7.9 mi
Pivot RockNNW 331°563 m3.7 mi
High RockSSW 198°559 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:4320:0220:42
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:2816:0616:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037495967717063524233
Precip in3.72.94.44.24.74.63.93.95.14.13.33.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S MTN, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1171786 — Chimney Rocks, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357280910

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