Dunning Mountain
Dunning Mountain rises to 656 m in Pennsylvania. Blue Knob stands 953 m to the west-northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Weynant Spring, a spring 3.3 miles away.
The story
Dunning Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in central Pennsylvania, United States. The mountain's north end is at McKee Gap, which separates it from Short Mountain, and where Halter Creek flows westward towards the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River. The south end of the mountain is contiguous with Evitts Mountain, but is marked by a sharp bend to the east. The valley formed by the bend is known as "The Kettle," and the broad valley to the east of Dunning Mountain is called Morrisons Cove. The town of Roaring Spring is located at the north end of the mountain on the east side. Route 869 crosses southern Dunning Mountain from Imler to Brumbaugh, and Route 1042 (Sproul Mountain Road) crosses it east of Sproul. Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 147 is located on Dunning Mountain in several parcels from the Juniata River south to the slopes adjacent to Roaring Spring
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Wikidata Q30645472, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 656 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Povich Estates Park: 3.4 mi
- Claysburg Community Park: 3.8 mi
- Shawnee Park: 6.1 mi
- Henderson Park: 6.9 mi
- Martinsburg Youth Little League Field: 7.9 mi
- Stiefler Hill: 5.2 mi
- Spruce Knob: 5.8 mi
- Keagy Hill: 5.9 mi
- Ickes Hill: 6.2 mi
- Blue Knob: 6.8 mi
- Lost Cox Children Monument: 9.0 mi
- Captain Phillips' Rangers Memorial: 9.5 mi
- 0-6-0 Locomotive: 14.4 mi
- Lime kiln: 14.7 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Old Bedford Village: 14.6 mi
- Bedford County Historical Society: 14.7 mi
- Lemon House: 15.6 mi
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 15.9 mi
- Bedford Speedway Museum of Speed: 15.9 mi
- Weynant Spring: 3.3 mi
- Gallitzin Spring: 14.5 mi
- Chaltbeate Spring: 15.2 mi
- Diehl Spring: 17.0 mi
- Limestone Spring: 17.5 mi
- State Game Lands Number 261: 13.4 mi
- Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center: 17.8 mi
- State Game Lands Number 279: 18.5 mi
- Allegheny Front Hawk Watch: 18.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 97: 22.3 mi
- Diechland Point: 5.6 mi
- Herman Point: 7.6 mi
- Kittanning Point: 17.7 mi
- Devils Elbow: 19.6 mi
- Old Cliffs: 23.9 mi
- Willow Springs Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Mowery Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Burnt House Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Babcock Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Sideling Hill Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Old Duncansville Airmail field: 11.8 mi
- Engine House #6 Exhibit Building: 15.6 mi
- The Coffee Pot: 15.8 mi
- Cresson Railroad Observation Platform: 16.9 mi
- Tank: 19.8 mi
- Boot: 9.9 mi
- Golden Tiger Statue: 13.7 mi
- The Igloo: 16.8 mi
- Great Auk: 20.6 mi
- Turtle Falls: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Dunning Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Knob | WNW 296° | 953 m | 6.8 mi |
| Schaefer Head | NW 312° | 898 m | 8.0 mi |
| Ritchey Knob | NNW 330° | 874 m | 7.8 mi |
| Cattle Knob | NW 316° | 865 m | 7.5 mi |
| Round Top | W 276° | 849 m | 10.8 mi |
| Round Knob | NW 306° | 846 m | 7.2 mi |
| Pine Knob | NNW 329° | 824 m | 7.0 mi |
| Vickrey Mountain | WNW 304° | 821 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:07 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:08 | 16:52 |
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 | 28 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Altoona Blair CO AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1192385 — Dunning Mountain, Blair County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357321751
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