Fickels Hill
Fickels Hill rises to 383 m in Pennsylvania. Big Flat Tower stands 628 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is The Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49028780, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 383 m
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 25.7 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 27.6 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- York Springs: 2.9 mi
- Center Point Knob: 5.3 mi
- Brickyard: 8.5 mi
- Iron Furnace: 8.7 mi
- Jackattack Monument: 9.3 mi
- Griest Community Park: 3.0 mi
- Athletic Field: 3.6 mi
- BB Gun Range: 3.6 mi
- Archery Range: 3.6 mi
- Grass Area: 3.7 mi
- The Peak: 1.6 mi
- Snyders Hill: 1.9 mi
- Boners Hill: 2.4 mi
- Long Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Stone Head: 3.5 mi
- Ye Olde Sulphur Spa Historical Society: 3.2 mi
- Eastern Museum of MotorSports Racing: 3.9 mi
- Appalachian Trail Museum: 8.6 mi
- Boiler Room Museum: 8.8 mi
- Equipment Museum: 8.8 mi
- Benjamin Rush: 10.7 mi
- Liberation Pointe: 10.7 mi
- Sundial: 11.9 mi
- Return visit: 16.1 mi
- River Cow: 16.3 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 7.1 mi
- West Locust Community Garden: 10.7 mi
- Grantham Community Garden: 11.0 mi
- Special Needs Garden: 11.9 mi
- Camp Hill Literacy Garden: 17.2 mi
- Letort Spring: 8.5 mi
- Bucher Spring: 9.4 mi
- Alexander Spring: 10.1 mi
- Tar Kettle Springs: 13.0 mi
- Cool Spring: 15.5 mi
- State Game Lands Number 305: 4.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 242: 10.2 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Cave Hill Nature Center: 11.8 mi
- Peiffer Memorial Arboretum and Nature Preserve: 18.0 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 18.8 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 19.0 mi
- Dellville Covered Bridge: 21.5 mi
- Memorial Flag Pole: 23.8 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 19.0 mi
- Concrete Beach: 19.4 mi
- Tartown: 23.0 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Fickels Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Flat Tower | WSW 256° | 628 m | 14.4 mi |
| Strasbaugh Hill | WSW 248° | 605 m | 15.6 mi |
| Ram Hill | WSW 249° | 595 m | 15.0 mi |
| Sier Hill | WSW 249° | 586 m | 16.8 mi |
| Lewis Rocks | WSW 257° | 527 m | 12.0 mi |
| Piney Mountain | WSW 244° | 513 m | 14.4 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | W 272° | 489 m | 11.8 mi |
| Buck Ridge Tower | WNW 282° | 488 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:04 | 16:47 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Biglerville, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1174727 — Fickels Hill, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357285737
Day trips start here
- Gettysburg · 16 mi
- Hanover · 19 mi
- York · 23 mi
- Chambersburg · 28 mi
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