Heinz Hill
Heinz Hill rises to 489 m in Pennsylvania. 2768 feet stands 923 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Shooters Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wikidata Q49035847, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 489 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Paradise Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ligonier Diamond: 2.2 mi
- Weller Field: 2.6 mi
- Laurel Mountain Park: 2.9 mi
- Linn Run State Park: 3.8 mi
- Storybook Forest: 4.0 mi
- Shooters Hill: 1.3 mi
- Club House Hill: 1.7 mi
- Scaife Hill: 2.4 mi
- Gravel Hill: 3.7 mi
- Sheep Hill: 3.9 mi
- Treehouse (O the Owl, Katerina): 3.8 mi
- Museum-Go_Round (Miss Elaina): 3.8 mi
- King Friday's Castle: 3.9 mi
- Clock Factory (Dad Tiger): 3.9 mi
- Mr. McFeeley: 3.9 mi
- Fort Ligonier: 2.1 mi
- Latrobe War Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Site of Strickler's Drug Store, Home of the Banana Split: 10.6 mi
- Mt. Hope School: 10.9 mi
- Monument for Life: 12.3 mi
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 1.8 mi
- Powder Mill Nature Reserve: 3.9 mi
- Powdermill Nature Center: 3.9 mi
- Ligonier Valley Rail Road Museum: 4.2 mi
- KLBE Air Museum: 9.5 mi
- Laurel Summit State Park: 7.3 mi
- Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve: 9.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls Natural Area: 17.1 mi
- Kimberly Run Natural Area: 19.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 50: 19.3 mi
- Monastic Garden Area: 9.8 mi
- Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve Colonial Garden: 9.9 mi
- Penn State Master Gardeners’ Richard E. Thorn Memorial Gardens: 15.3 mi
- Formal Garden: 16.1 mi
- Laurel Ave Community Garden: 18.4 mi
- Ninety Foot Rocks: 3.5 mi
- Wolf Rocks: 5.5 mi
- Beam Rocks: 7.0 mi
- Laurel Hill: 18.2 mi
- Cole Run Falls: 16.6 mi
- Turtle Falls: 19.6 mi
- Hinckston Falls: 21.5 mi
- Sugar Run Falls: 24.9 mi
- Livermore: 18.0 mi
- West Overton: 18.4 mi
- Wehrum: 23.6 mi
- Kooser Spring: 9.7 mi
- Paterson Spring: 15.6 mi
- Birdhouse: 16.4 mi
- Morley’s Dog: 18.7 mi
- Slovak Club Picnic Grounds: 8.7 mi
- Keystone Beach: 13.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Heinz Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2768 feet | S 187° | 923 m | 11.8 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSE 163° | 893 m | 6.9 mi |
| Painter Rock Hill | SSW 197° | 893 m | 10.4 mi |
| Birch Rock Hill | SSW 200° | 891 m | 12.0 mi |
| Sugar Camp Hill | ENE 79° | 887 m | 7.4 mi |
| Pea Vine Hill | ESE 114° | 886 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mystery Hill | E 82° | 878 m | 7.2 mi |
| Pike's Peak | E 90° | 868 m | 6.7 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 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:12 | 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 1176783 — Heinz Hill, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357290015
Day trips start here
- Donegal · 10 mi
- Somerset · 16 mi
- Greensburg · 17 mi
- New Stanton · 19 mi
- Connellsville · 23 mi
- Irwin · 26 mi
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