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Gaffney Hill

Gaffney Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Gaffney Hill rises to 308 m in Pennsylvania. Scotts Mountain stands 331 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hexenkopf Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 8.6 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49030875, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
308 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.62593, -75.25518

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Kingston Park: 1.4 mi
  • Melchor Tract Park: 1.9 mi
  • Old Orchard Park: 2.3 mi
  • LaBarre Park: 2.5 mi
  • The Vineyards Open Space: 2.6 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Josiah White II Canal Boat: 2.7 mi
  • Lost River Caverns: 5.0 mi
  • Crayola Experience: 5.1 mi
  • Delaware River Railroad Excursions: 5.2 mi
  • SteelStacks: 5.9 mi
Gardens: 32
Artworks: 22
  • Transcendence: 5.6 mi
  • Shapeyard: 5.7 mi
  • Leopard: 5.7 mi
  • The Bridge: 5.9 mi
  • Mr. Imagination's Sculpture Garden: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Charlie Brown's Clearing: 5.1 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 6.7 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 6.7 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 6.7 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 6.7 mi
Springs: 11
  • Marble Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Lehigh Park Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Helfrichs Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Horn Springs: 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 7
  • High Falls: 8.1 mi
  • High Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 18.5 mi
  • Old Mill Falls: 21.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area: 6.8 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 11.3 mi
  • Rest area: 23.7 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 2.9 mi
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 20.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Gaffney Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Scotts MountainNE 48°331 m12.1 mi
Bauer RockWSW 246°317 m10.5 mi
Flint HillSW 216°308 m8.3 mi
KirchbergSW 232°305 m4.0 mi
South MountainWSW 251°301 m6.7 mi
Haycock MountainSSE 169°295 m9.7 mi
KohlbergSSW 210°294 m4.9 mi
Musconetcong MountainE 80°289 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3119:5520:36
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2215:5416:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038505968737164534333
Precip in3.83.24.44.24.54.65.64.85.14.93.64.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springtown 1 NNE, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1175376 — Gaffney Hill, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357286819

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