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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

Coordinates39.96580, -75.18127

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • 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
Gardens
  • 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
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 36
  • 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
Peaks: 28
  • 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
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Monkey Rock: 12.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Diamond Rock HillWNW 294°188 m19.0 mi
Mount MiseryWNW 299°176 m17.7 mi
Ebright AzimuthWSW 244°137 m20.0 mi
Chestnut HillN 350°136 m7.9 mi
Hunting HillW 268°125 m14.2 mi
Osborne HillW 263°113 m22.7 mi
Militia HillNNW 345°104 m11.0 mi
Camp HillN 356°104 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5616:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353745566675807872604940
Precip in3.63.34.54.04.14.84.74.94.94.13.44.3

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.

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OpenStreetMap element node/13505469796

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