Fairmount
Fairmount rises to 32 m in Pennsylvania. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Philadelphia Museum of Art, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Route passes 8.1 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 32 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Blue Route
- 21.9 mi off the Exton Bypass
- 22.3 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 25.4 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 27 mi
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 28 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 29 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Philadelphia Museum of Art: 0.0 mi
- Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center: 0.1 mi
- Lemon Hill Mansion: 0.5 mi
- Rodin Museum: 0.5 mi
- Eastern State Penitentiary: 0.5 mi
- Rocky Steps: 0.1 mi
- WildWorks Ropes Course: 0.9 mi
- The Universal Sphere: 1.0 mi
- Pennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge: 1.0 mi
- One Liberty Observation Deck: 1.1 mi
- South Garden, Fairmount Water Works: 0.1 mi
- Esplanade: 0.1 mi
- Bulldog Park: 0.2 mi
- Schuylkill River Park: 0.2 mi
- Eakins Oval: 0.2 mi
- Centennial Arboretum: 2.1 mi
- Cadwalader Tract: 5.9 mi
- Upper Roxborough Reservoir Park: 7.0 mi
- Williamson Road Site: 7.3 mi
- Schuykill Center for Environmental Education: 7.3 mi
- Prometheus Strangling the Vulture: 0.0 mi
- Rocky Statue: 0.1 mi
- Anthony Wayne: 0.1 mi
- Mercury: 0.1 mi
- Young Meher: 0.1 mi
- Anne d'Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden: 0.1 mi
- Azalea Garden: 0.2 mi
- Corinthian Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Mantua Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Summer-Winter Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Chief Justice John Marshall: 0.0 mi
- Graff Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Joan of Arc: 0.1 mi
- William M. Reilly Memorial: Revolutionary War Heroes: 0.1 mi
- The Pilgrim: 0.5 mi
- Lemon Hill: 0.6 mi
- Georges Hill: 2.6 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 7.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 8.4 mi
- Lafayette Hill: 9.6 mi
- Bird Lake Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 1.1 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Area 4: 2.3 mi
- Historical "Ancient Indian Spring": 5.7 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 13.9 mi
- Kerr Spring: 24.1 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 13.2 mi
- Wawa Truck Stop: 15.2 mi
- Deepwater Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 8.7 mi
- Monkey Rock: 12.8 mi
- Darling: 15.9 mi
- Washington Lake Beach: 16.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fairmount. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Rock Hill | WNW 294° | 188 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Misery | WNW 299° | 176 m | 17.7 mi |
| Ebright Azimuth | WSW 244° | 137 m | 20.0 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | N 350° | 136 m | 7.9 mi |
| Hunting Hill | W 268° | 125 m | 14.2 mi |
| Osborne Hill | W 263° | 113 m | 22.7 mi |
| Militia Hill | NNW 345° | 104 m | 11.0 mi |
| Camp Hill | N 356° | 104 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:56 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phila Franklin Inst, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/13505469796
Day trips start here
- Philadelphia · 1 mi
- Philadelphia/Center City West · 1 mi
- Philadelphia/Northwest · 1 mi
- Philadelphia/Center City East · 2 mi
- Philadelphia/Old City · 2 mi
- Philadelphia/West · 2 mi
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