Dry Hill
Dry Hill rises to 397 m in Pennsylvania. Cary Mountain stands 627 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Hill, a peak 1.7 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
Wikidata Q49025903, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 397 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 10.7 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
- 12.3 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Hill: 1.7 mi
- Casterline Hill: 1.8 mi
- Lake Sheridan Hill: 2.5 mi
- Thomas Hill: 2.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.7 mi
- Benton Township Park: 1.9 mi
- Nordahl Park: 2.5 mi
- Tom Bell Park: 2.7 mi
- Lackawanna State Park: 3.7 mi
- Christy Mathewson Park: 4.7 mi
- H. James Saxton and Donald Sherwood monument: 2.2 mi
- Caboose: 6.8 mi
- Birthplace of First Aid: 11.6 mi
- WW1, WW1, Korean War: 11.6 mi
- Borough Establishment: 11.6 mi
- Gardner Spencer Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Ziegler Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Messimer Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Gateway Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Quarry Ridge Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Houdini Museum: 13.6 mi
- Anthracite Museum: 14.2 mi
- Lackawana Coal Mine Tour: 14.2 mi
- Electric City Trolley Museum: 15.0 mi
- Civil War Museum: 15.2 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 13.9 mi
- Worthington Scranton Statue: 13.9 mi
- Penn State Nittany Lion: 14.9 mi
- Faith - Hope - Love Veterans Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Jason Miller: 15.3 mi
- Tunkhannock Viaduct: 2.1 mi
- Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 11.8 mi
- Tundra Tornado: 19.1 mi
- Iceberg Alley Luge: 19.2 mi
- A Very Old Barn: 21.1 mi
- Prayer Garden: 15.1 mi
- Mulberry Plaza: 15.4 mi
- Lower Quad: 15.5 mi
- Upper Quad: 15.5 mi
- R. N, Davis Memorial Garden: 16.0 mi
- Spencer Spring: 20.0 mi
- Salt Springs: 21.0 mi
- The Salt Spring: 21.1 mi
- Nay Aug Falls: 16.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Falls: 21.8 mi
- Campbell's Ledge: 18.4 mi
- The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 22.5 mi
- Roadside Rest: 16.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Dry Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cary Mountain | SE 124° | 627 m | 10.0 mi |
| Hubbard Mountain | SE 136° | 618 m | 10.3 mi |
| Meyers Mountain | SE 129° | 616 m | 10.1 mi |
| Osterhout Mountain | SW 235° | 589 m | 10.3 mi |
| Thorn Hill | ENE 72° | 552 m | 5.7 mi |
| Round Hill | ENE 61° | 540 m | 9.0 mi |
| Finch Hill | E 91° | 532 m | 9.2 mi |
| Newton Hill | SE 134° | 514 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:59 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:52 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 22 | 30 | 42 | 54 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pleasant MT 1 W, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357283590
Day trips start here
- Factoryville · 5 mi
- Clarks Summit · 9 mi
- Endless Mountains · 14 mi
- Dunmore · 15 mi
- Scranton · 15 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 21 mi
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