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High Mountain

High Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

High Mountain rises to 624 m in Pennsylvania. Thickhead Mountain stands 733 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Havice Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 23 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49036319, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
624 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.80646, -77.46555

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park: 6.1 mi
  • Mira Lloyd Dock Resource Conservation Center: 7.9 mi
  • Potter Run Park: 8.4 mi
  • Milroy Baseball Fields: 9.4 mi
  • McClure Station Park: 10.5 mi
Historic sites: 59
Peaks
Springs: 41
  • Havice Spring: 0.6 mi
  • White Pine Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Mammoth Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Cold Spring: 12.1 mi
  • McKinney Spring: 13.2 mi
Museums: 23
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 20
  • Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park: 9.3 mi
  • Red Candle Island: 11.6 mi
  • Beer Tap: 12.7 mi
  • Lewistown Armory: 13.7 mi
  • Deeded Square Inches: 17.0 mi
Gardens: 10
Picnic sites: 8
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Kish park beach access: 13.5 mi
  • Beach access to Kish Creek: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 23.4 mi
  • Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of High Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thickhead MountainWSW733 m12.7 mi
The WineheadN724 m10.7 mi
Broad MountainWSW716 m11.7 mi
Milligans KnobSW711 m13.9 mi
Big Kettle MountainNNW688 m11.4 mi
Bald MountainWSW675 m9.6 mi
Strong MountainSSE672 m1.8 mi
White MountainENE671 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:3920:0420:46
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:3116:0216:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242735475867716961503930
Precip in3.02.33.33.63.94.03.94.04.43.63.13.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millheim, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357290510

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