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Gates Hill

Gates Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Gates Hill rises to 514 m in Pennsylvania. High Knob stands 690 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is to private house, a attraction 0.9 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49031187, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
514 m
Getting there

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Coordinates41.39648, -75.15629

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Riverside Park: 5.7 mi
  • Bingham Park: 5.9 mi
  • T-Dock (pier): 6.2 mi
  • Ironwood Park: 6.6 mi
  • Shohola Falls Waterfowl Management Area: 9.5 mi
Nature reserves: 38
  • Shuman Point Natural Area: 4.2 mi
  • Lacawac Sanctuary: 7.3 mi
  • Mount Wismer Nature Preserve: 12.3 mi
  • Gravel Family Preserve: 12.7 mi
  • Cornelia and Florence Bridge Preserve: 14.3 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Wangum Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Indian Ladder Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Carley Brook Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Bond Hill Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Factory Falls: 16.6 mi
Historic sites: 28
Attractions: 24
  • to private house: 0.9 mi
  • Costa's Family Fun Park: 2.6 mi
  • What's this?: 3.1 mi
  • swimming rock: 4.2 mi
  • white pines and blueberries: 4.4 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Sandy Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Palmyra Township Public Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Gravel Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Deer Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Laurel Ridge Beach: 7.2 mi
Museums: 14
Gardens: 5
  • Muriel's Garden: 6.1 mi
  • native plant garden: 7.6 mi
  • Labyrinth Garden: 9.0 mi
  • The Smith-Harker Community Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Glacier Lake Garden: 19.5 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Pecks Pond Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 10.0 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 10.1 mi
  • Robin Cove Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Toms Creek Recreation Site: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Ridgefield Point: 6.4 mi
  • The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 18.0 mi
  • The Cliff: 18.5 mi
  • The Knob: 21.4 mi
Artworks: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 4.2 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 4.4 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 23.2 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Gates Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High KnobNW 314°690 m19.7 mi
Salem HillNW 304°686 m18.8 mi
Dresser HillSW 221°673 m16.1 mi
Turkey KnollSSW 211°655 m16.8 mi
Shaffers KnobSW 214°634 m15.6 mi
Mount WismerSSW 204°627 m12.1 mi
High KnobSSE 166°624 m6.9 mi
Bush MountainSSW 213°611 m14.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3619:13
June solstice05:2819:5620:38
September equinox06:4918:2319:00
December solstice07:2415:5016:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533455665696760493829
Precip in3.22.73.63.73.64.74.14.14.34.43.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hawley 1 E, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1198786 — Gates Hill, Pike County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357335197

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