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Hexenkopf Hill

Hexenkopf Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Hexenkopf Hill rises to 196 m in Pennsylvania. Mount No More stands 348 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Hexenkopf Ridge Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 8.3 miles off.

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The story

Hexenkopf Hill (German: Hexenkopf, "Witches Head") is a low mountain in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The main peak rises to 646 feet (197 m), and is located in Williams Township, to the south of Easton. It is a part of the Reading Prong of the Appalachian Mountains.

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Wikidata Q24191613, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
196 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.62121, -75.24295

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Melchor Tract Park: 1.2 mi
  • Kingston Park: 2.0 mi
  • Fry's Run Park: 2.1 mi
  • Old Orchard Park: 2.8 mi
  • Theodore Roosevelt Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
  • Josiah White II Canal Boat: 2.9 mi
  • Crayola Experience: 5.1 mi
  • Delaware River Railroad Excursions: 5.1 mi
  • Lost River Caverns: 5.4 mi
  • SteelStacks: 6.5 mi
Gardens: 32
Artworks: 22
  • Transcendence: 5.7 mi
  • Shapeyard: 5.7 mi
  • Leopard: 5.7 mi
  • The Bridge: 6.5 mi
  • Mr. Imagination's Sculpture Garden: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Charlie Brown's Clearing: 5.7 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 7.3 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 7.4 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 7.4 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 7.4 mi
Springs: 11
  • Marble Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Lehigh Park Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Helfrichs Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Horn Springs: 15.9 mi
Cliffs: 10
Waterfalls: 7
  • High Falls: 7.4 mi
  • High Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 19.2 mi
  • Old Mill Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Upper Falls: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area: 7.5 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 11.5 mi
  • Rest area: 23.7 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 3.6 mi
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Hexenkopf Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount No MoreNE 42°348 m16.8 mi
Scotts MountainNE 45°331 m11.8 mi
Bauer RockWSW 249°317 m10.9 mi
Gaffney HillWNW 297°308 m0.7 mi
Flint HillSW 221°308 m8.4 mi
KirchbergWSW 240°305 m4.4 mi
South MountainWSW 255°301 m7.3 mi
Haycock MountainS 172°295 m9.2 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 1176929 — Hexenkopf Hill, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357290307

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