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Hogback Hill

Hogback Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Hogback Hill rises to 431 m in Pennsylvania. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 771 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pennsylvania Welcome Center, a rest area 0.9 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 8.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49036723, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
431 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.99674, -75.74463

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grange Hall Park: 1.0 mi
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • SPC Lee A. Wiegand Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Franklin Avenue Park: 2.4 mi
  • River Park: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 20
Artworks: 12
  • I Love NY Sculpture: 2.4 mi
  • 16-17 mile marker from possible priesthood site: 9.0 mi
  • The Skirmisher: 11.0 mi
  • George F. Johnson statue: 11.9 mi
  • Dickinson Object: 12.9 mi
Museums: 9
Historic sites: 8
  • Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood: 6.3 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 11.3 mi
  • Chimney: 12.2 mi
  • Harpur Statue: 13.2 mi
  • Harry L. Johnson Memorial: 13.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • The Salt Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Salt Springs: 8.6 mi
  • Spencer Spring: 14.8 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Laurel Ave Community Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Campus Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Outdoor Biological Research Facility: 13.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Hogback Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainSE 129°771 m19.1 mi
East MountainSSE 153°719 m19.2 mi
Nettle HillSE 124°693 m17.9 mi
Shrawder MountainESE 107°637 m18.9 mi
Slocum HillSE 136°612 m13.8 mi
Page Pond HillNE 51°612 m16.5 mi
Maple HillE 100°604 m16.8 mi
Penn HillESE 110°586 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3819:15
June solstice05:2820:0020:43
September equinox06:5118:2519:02
December solstice07:2815:5016:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222331435564686759483727
Precip in3.42.83.64.14.34.64.63.84.54.13.33.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montrose, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1177173 — Hogback Hill, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357290934

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