Fort Hill
Fort Hill rises to 525 m in Pennsylvania. Bald Knob stands 893 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Ridge County Park, a park 2.9 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wikidata Q49030059, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 525 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Ridge County Park: 2.9 mi
- Pine Ridge Park: 3.9 mi
- Saylor Park: 5.5 mi
- Ross Mountain: 6.3 mi
- DeLuca Field: 6.8 mi
- Penn View Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Squirrel Hill: 3.4 mi
- Bear Rocks: 4.3 mi
- McCalvy Hill: 7.8 mi
- Rager Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Jack Be Nimble: 12.8 mi
- The Elf Pond: 12.8 mi
- Hush A Bye Baby: 12.8 mi
- Hickory Dickory Dock: 12.8 mi
- Jack & Jill: 12.8 mi
- Blairsville Veteran's Memorial: 7.5 mi
- POW MIA: 10.5 mi
- Eliza Furnace: 12.0 mi
- Rolling Mills Mine Disaster: 12.2 mi
- Mine Entrance Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Wagner-Ritter House: 11.6 mi
- Johnstown Flood Museum: 12.3 mi
- Ligonier Valley Rail Road Museum: 13.2 mi
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 13.4 mi
- IUP Museum: 14.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls Natural Area: 3.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 273: 11.2 mi
- Yellow Creek State Park: 12.6 mi
- Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve: 16.5 mi
- Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center: 19.9 mi
- Morley’s Dog: 12.4 mi
- Spirit of the Warrior: 14.1 mi
- Castleform: 14.3 mi
- The Arch: 14.3 mi
- Ghost: 14.4 mi
- Laurel Hill: 8.2 mi
- Suncliff: 11.8 mi
- Ninety Foot Rocks: 17.9 mi
- Wolf Rocks: 19.2 mi
- Beam Rocks: 19.3 mi
- Laurel Ave Community Garden: 10.6 mi
- Monastic Garden Area: 16.4 mi
- Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve Colonial Garden: 16.7 mi
- Penn State Master Gardeners’ Richard E. Thorn Memorial Gardens: 20.8 mi
- Formal Garden: 23.3 mi
- Slovak Club Picnic Grounds: 12.5 mi
- Babcock Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Hinckston Falls: 12.8 mi
- Turtle Falls: 15.4 mi
- Keystone Beach: 13.5 mi
- Kooser Spring: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | S 191° | 893 m | 20.8 mi |
| Sugar Camp Hill | S 174° | 887 m | 12.4 mi |
| Pea Vine Hill | S 184° | 886 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mystery Hill | S 174° | 878 m | 12.9 mi |
| Irwin Hill | S 169° | 868 m | 11.7 mi |
| Pike's Peak | S 177° | 868 m | 13.9 mi |
| Ulery Hill | S 186° | 863 m | 17.3 mi |
| Penrod Hill | S 183° | 855 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:53 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:10 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:10 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indiana 3 SE, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1175010 — Fort Hill, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357286129
Day trips start here
- Greensburg · 23 mi
- Donegal · 25 mi
- New Stanton · 28 mi
- Somerset · 28 mi
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