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Fort Hill

Fort Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates40.41090, -79.12837

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Peaks: 42
Attractions: 40
  • 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
Historic sites: 23
  • 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
Nature reserves: 8
Artworks: 7
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 5
  • 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
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Keystone Beach: 13.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobS 191°893 m20.8 mi
Sugar Camp HillS 174°887 m12.4 mi
Pea Vine HillS 184°886 m16.0 mi
Mystery HillS 174°878 m12.9 mi
Irwin HillS 169°868 m11.7 mi
Pike's PeakS 177°868 m13.9 mi
Ulery HillS 186°863 m17.3 mi
Penrod HillS 183°855 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5319:29
June solstice05:4720:1020:51
September equinox07:0518:4019:15
December solstice07:3716:1016:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967716963524132
Precip in3.62.93.94.04.34.85.14.34.23.53.53.6

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

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