Gravel Hill
Gravel Hill rises to 519 m in Pennsylvania. 2768 feet stands 923 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Peyton Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 2.0 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wikidata Q49033158, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 519 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Paradise Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Laurel Mountain Park: 2.0 mi
- Weller Field: 3.0 mi
- Ligonier Diamond: 3.2 mi
- Laurel Ridge State Park: 5.3 mi
- Storybook Forest: 5.4 mi
- Peyton Hill: 1.4 mi
- Shooters Hill: 2.5 mi
- Scaife Hill: 2.6 mi
- Club House Hill: 2.6 mi
- Sheep Hill: 2.9 mi
- Jack Be Nimble: 5.3 mi
- Hush A Bye Baby: 5.3 mi
- Hickory Dickory Dock: 5.3 mi
- Humpty Dumpty: 5.3 mi
- The Elf Pond: 5.3 mi
- Fort Ligonier: 3.2 mi
- Monument for Life: 12.0 mi
- Quecreek Mine Accident And Rescue: 12.0 mi
- Latrobe War Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Site of Strickler's Drug Store, Home of the Banana Split: 12.2 mi
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 3.2 mi
- Ligonier Valley Rail Road Museum: 5.9 mi
- Powder Mill Nature Reserve: 7.2 mi
- Powdermill Nature Center: 7.2 mi
- KLBE Air Museum: 11.9 mi
- Laurel Summit State Park: 8.2 mi
- Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve: 12.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls Natural Area: 13.9 mi
- Kimberly Run Natural Area: 18.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 50: 19.6 mi
- Ninety Foot Rocks: 5.7 mi
- Wolf Rocks: 6.9 mi
- Beam Rocks: 7.3 mi
- Laurel Hill: 14.6 mi
- Suncliff: 23.7 mi
- Monastic Garden Area: 12.0 mi
- Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve Colonial Garden: 12.2 mi
- Laurel Ave Community Garden: 14.6 mi
- Penn State Master Gardeners’ Richard E. Thorn Memorial Gardens: 17.7 mi
- Formal Garden: 18.9 mi
- Turtle Falls: 16.0 mi
- Hinckston Falls: 17.8 mi
- Cole Run Falls: 19.1 mi
- Livermore: 17.6 mi
- Wehrum: 20.2 mi
- West Overton: 22.1 mi
- Slovak Club Picnic Grounds: 9.7 mi
- Babcock Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Kooser Spring: 12.2 mi
- Paterson Spring: 18.1 mi
- Morley’s Dog: 15.0 mi
- Birdhouse: 16.6 mi
- Keystone Beach: 14.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gravel Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2768 feet | SSW 200° | 923 m | 14.3 mi |
| Bald Knob | S 189° | 893 m | 8.5 mi |
| Painter Rock Hill | SSW 208° | 893 m | 13.3 mi |
| Birch Rock Hill | SSW 209° | 891 m | 15.0 mi |
| Sugar Camp Hill | E 94° | 887 m | 4.0 mi |
| Pea Vine Hill | SSE 160° | 886 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mystery Hill | ESE 102° | 878 m | 4.0 mi |
| Pike's Peak | ESE 118° | 868 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:53 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:11 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laurel MTN, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1176000 — Gravel Hill, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357288264
Day trips start here
- Donegal · 14 mi
- Somerset · 17 mi
- Greensburg · 20 mi
- New Stanton · 22 mi
- Connellsville · 27 mi
- Irwin · 28 mi
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