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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

Peaks
Historic sites
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
Springs: 43
  • 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: 11
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 14.0 miles of High Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thickhead MountainWSW 251°733 m12.7 mi
The WineheadN 359°724 m10.7 mi
Broad MountainWSW 245°716 m11.7 mi
Milligans KnobSW 233°711 m13.9 mi
Big Kettle MountainNNW 345°688 m11.4 mi
Bald MountainWSW 247°675 m9.6 mi
Strong MountainSSE 168°672 m1.8 mi
White MountainENE 72°671 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 5080 °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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