Peak · Pennsylvania
High Knob
High Knob rises to 624 m in Pennsylvania. Dresser Hill stands 673 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Low Knob, a peak 0.9 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 15 miles off.
The story
mountain in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wikidata Q49036280, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 624 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.29981, -75.12462
- 14.5 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
- 24.7 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
- 26.2 mi off the Delaware River Valley
Overlooks nearby
- Lifting Rocks Overlook · 22 mi
- Park Avenue Observatory · 23 mi
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Low Knob: 0.9 mi
- West Hill: 1.1 mi
- Belle Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mud Pond Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Burleigh Ridge: 3.1 mi
Parks
- Sky Puppies: 7.8 mi
- Dingman Township Park: 8.9 mi
- Ironwood Park: 9.2 mi
- High Acres Park: 9.9 mi
- Carlton Drake Memorial Park: 10.0 mi
Nature reserves: 56
- Mount Wismer Nature Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Gravel Family Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Lacawac Sanctuary: 10.4 mi
- Pasold Farm Nature Preserve: 10.5 mi
- Shuman Point Natural Area: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 35
- Indian Ladder Falls: 6.7 mi
- Bond Hill Falls: 10.3 mi
- Factory Falls: 11.6 mi
- Fulmer Falls: 11.7 mi
- Deer Leap Falls: 11.7 mi
Historic sites: 35
- Gertrude Walker Gift to the Lacawac Sanctuary: 10.2 mi
- Wallenpaupack Lake Estates 9/11 Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Delaware Cemetery Veterans Memorial: 14.1 mi
- Dingman's Ferry: 14.2 mi
- Franklin Memorial Wall: 14.3 mi
Attractions: 31
- What's this?: 4.3 mi
- to private house: 7.7 mi
- Costa's Family Fun Park: 8.7 mi
- osprey nest: 10.1 mi
- Deagan Chimes: 10.2 mi
Museums: 21
- Cresco Station Museum: 13.0 mi
- Zane Grey Museum: 14.7 mi
- Rosenkrans House and Museum: 16.0 mi
- Pocono Indian Museum: 16.5 mi
- Dorflinger Glass Museum: 16.5 mi
Beaches: 19
- Laurel Ridge Beach: 5.4 mi
- Gold Key Beach: 9.5 mi
- Deer Beach: 10.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 10.6 mi
- Palmyra Township Public Beach: 10.7 mi
Gardens: 8
- Labyrinth Garden: 7.8 mi
- native plant garden: 10.5 mi
- The Smith-Harker Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- Muriel's Garden: 13.0 mi
- Glacier Lake Garden: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 7
- Pecks Pond Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
- Robin Cove Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Horeshoe picnic grove: 10.0 mi
- Willow picnic grove: 10.0 mi
- Toms Creek Recreation Site: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 5
- Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 6.4 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 6.4 mi
- Crescent Lake Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 21.4 mi
- Pike Welcome Center: 21.8 mi
Springs: 4
- Fountain of Youth: 18.9 mi
- Octave Spring: 20.5 mi
- Artesian Spring: 20.6 mi
- Bill Warner Spring: 20.9 mi
Artworks: 3
- Glass Tentacles: 15.9 mi
- Rock Maze: 22.7 mi
- Buffalo Statue: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Conashaugh: 14.4 mi
- Eshback: 14.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dresser Hill | WSW 246° | 673 m | 13.4 mi |
| Turkey Knoll | SW 234° | 655 m | 12.9 mi |
| Shaffers Knob | WSW 239° | 634 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Wismer | WSW 237° | 627 m | 8.0 mi |
| Bush Mountain | WSW 239° | 611 m | 11.3 mi |
| Keipel Hill | WSW 248° | 610 m | 18.3 mi |
| Low Knob | N 11° | 607 m | 0.9 mi |
| West Hill | NW 319° | 605 m | 1.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:56 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:51 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 33 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hawley 1 E, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1177008 — High Knob, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357290501
Day trips start here
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