Front Mountain
Front Mountain rises to 544 m in Pennsylvania. Strong Mountain stands 672 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Cold Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49030685, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 544 m
How to reach it
- 24.5 mi off the Bucktail Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Lincoln Park: 4.6 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Monument: 5.3 mi
- Keene Community Park: 8.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 9.4 mi
- Charles Park: 9.4 mi
- Grass Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Booney Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Short Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Hightop: 2.7 mi
- Short Knob: 3.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 0.8 mi
- Sheep Pen Spring: 1.6 mi
- Potpie Spring: 1.9 mi
- Hickernell Spring: 5.6 mi
- Cinder Pile Spring: 7.2 mi
- Railroad Bed Historical Marker: 10.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.2 mi
- Captain Green Monument: 15.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Garden: 18.4 mi
- James Beck Round Barn: 19.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 201: 9.3 mi
- Poe Valley State Park: 13.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 194: 16.5 mi
- State Game Lands Number 107: 16.6 mi
- Linn Conservancy: 17.5 mi
- Mifflinburg Buggy Museum: 10.9 mi
- Mifflinburg Historical Society Museum: 11.1 mi
- Lewisburg Children's Museum: 19.6 mi
- Fort Augusta & Hunter House Museum: 22.7 mi
- Clinton Central Model Railroad Club: 23.5 mi
- Rock Springs Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Snyder-Middleswarth Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
- Hairy Johns PIcnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Tea Springs Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- St. Agnes Picnic Grounds: 24.4 mi
- Red Candle Island: 2.5 mi
- Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park: 20.8 mi
- Lewistown Armory: 22.4 mi
- J. Doyle Corman Amphitheater and Floating Stage: 24.5 mi
- Chimney Rock Overlook: 4.3 mi
- "Holy Toledo" roadcut: 18.6 mi
- Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir: 22.3 mi
- Long Lane Flower & Garden: 14.3 mi
- Tripollinator Garden: 17.5 mi
- Butterfly Gardens: 22.8 mi
- Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 15.9 mi
- Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 16.1 mi
- Rosecran Falls: 18.1 mi
- Rosecrans Falls: 18.1 mi
- Kish park beach access: 22.4 mi
- Beach access to Kish Creek: 24.1 mi
- Ingleby: 11.3 mi
- The Lorax Statue: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Front Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Mountain | WSW 256° | 672 m | 12.8 mi |
| Thick Mountain | WNW 299° | 671 m | 8.0 mi |
| White Mountain | W 271° | 671 m | 8.5 mi |
| Winkelblech Mountain | NW 318° | 668 m | 8.7 mi |
| Shriner Mountain | NW 321° | 665 m | 10.5 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | NW 325° | 660 m | 5.3 mi |
| Jones Mountain | NNE 22° | 659 m | 11.2 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | W 262° | 659 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:03 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:01 | 16:45 |
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 | 28 | 32 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 42 | 33 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laurelton CTR, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1175293 — Front Mountain, Snyder County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357286667
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