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Fowl Hill

Fowl Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Fowl Hill rises to 587 m in Pennsylvania. Mount Davis stands 979 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Jockey Knob, a peak 2.2 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49030270, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
587 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.04146, -79.38698

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Roaring Run Natural Area: 4.6 mi
  • Laural Ridge State Park: 5.4 mi
  • Laurel Hill State Park: 7.0 mi
  • Mount Vernon Park: 7.5 mi
  • Laurel Hill Park: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 43
  • Laurel Ridge State Park XC Skiing Concession Building: 6.1 mi
  • Fallingwater: 10.3 mi
  • Kentuck Knob Visitor's Center: 13.7 mi
  • Flatrock: 13.9 mi
  • Tipping Bucket: 16.0 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • Mt. Hope School: 5.4 mi
  • CCC Monument: 8.4 mi
  • Mount Pleasant WWI Memorial: 11.1 mi
  • Scottdale War Memorial: 11.3 mi
  • P&LE Dickerson Run roundhouse: 14.8 mi
Museums: 16
Cliffs: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Gardens: 5
  • Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve Colonial Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Monastic Garden Area: 17.1 mi
  • Formal Garden: 17.9 mi
  • The Chateau Gardens: 18.5 mi
  • Penn State Master Gardeners’ Richard E. Thorn Memorial Gardens: 19.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Paterson Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Kooser Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Cool Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Baughman Spring: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Birdhouse: 16.5 mi
  • Statue of Thomas Jefferson and Albert Gallatin: 20.4 mi
  • Metal Sculpture: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Keystone Beach: 23.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Fowl Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DavisSSE 148°979 m20.9 mi
Baughman RocksSE 146°961 m20.6 mi
Glade MountainSSE 151°936 m19.9 mi
2768 feetE 90°923 m6.2 mi
Vought RockSE 141°898 m20.0 mi
Painter Rock HillENE 70°893 m5.0 mi
Bald KnobENE 62°893 m11.0 mi
Birch Rock HillE 84°891 m3.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5419:30
June solstice05:5020:1020:51
September equinox07:0618:4119:16
December solstice07:3716:1316:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273037495967706963524133
Precip in5.03.53.74.14.74.94.64.23.93.33.74.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Donegal 2 NW, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1175079 — Fowl Hill, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357286273

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