Jeffers Hill
Jeffers Hill rises to 421 m in Pennsylvania. North Knob stands 817 m to the east, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Knob, a peak 1.4 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49039649, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 421 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 14.1 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
- 15.0 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
- 28.2 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mary Karhnak Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Nordahl Park: 5.7 mi
- Tom Bell Park: 6.2 mi
- Benton Township Park: 6.7 mi
- Lackawanna State Park: 8.5 mi
- Oak Knob: 1.4 mi
- Round Hill: 1.7 mi
- Hartley Hill: 3.1 mi
- Coon Hill: 3.1 mi
- Morgan Hill: 3.4 mi
- H. James Saxton and Donald Sherwood monument: 5.9 mi
- Caboose: 11.9 mi
- Birthplace of First Aid: 14.8 mi
- WW1, WW1, Korean War: 14.8 mi
- Borough Establishment: 14.8 mi
- Gardner Spencer Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Ziegler Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Messimer Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Gateway Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Quarry Ridge Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Houdini Museum: 18.5 mi
- Anthracite Museum: 19.3 mi
- Lackawana Coal Mine Tour: 19.3 mi
- Electric City Trolley Museum: 20.0 mi
- Civil War Museum: 20.1 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 18.5 mi
- Worthington Scranton Statue: 18.6 mi
- Penn State Nittany Lion: 19.6 mi
- Faith - Hope - Love Veterans Memorial: 20.2 mi
- Jason Miller: 20.2 mi
- Tunkhannock Viaduct: 5.6 mi
- A Very Old Barn: 16.5 mi
- Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 16.9 mi
- banks Susquehanna River: 18.1 mi
- Priesthood Restoration Site: 18.3 mi
- Prayer Garden: 20.0 mi
- Mulberry Plaza: 20.3 mi
- Lower Quad: 20.4 mi
- Upper Quad: 20.4 mi
- R. N, Davis Memorial Garden: 20.8 mi
- Spencer Spring: 15.6 mi
- Salt Springs: 16.4 mi
- The Salt Spring: 16.5 mi
- Roadside Rest: 19.7 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 19.9 mi
- Broome Gateway Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Nay Aug Falls: 20.9 mi
- Campbell's Ledge: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Jeffers Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Knob | E 81° | 817 m | 8.7 mi |
| South Knob | E 86° | 792 m | 8.6 mi |
| Elk Hill | E 83° | 748 m | 8.5 mi |
| East Mountain | ENE 65° | 719 m | 8.5 mi |
| Thorn Hill | SE 124° | 552 m | 6.0 mi |
| Wolf Hill | N 0° | 544 m | 8.3 mi |
| Tinker Hill | E 93° | 534 m | 10.2 mi |
| Finch Hill | ESE 122° | 532 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:59 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:51 | 16:36 |
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 | 22 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montrose, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1178005 — Jeffers Hill, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357292966
Day trips start here
- Factoryville · 10 mi
- Clarks Summit · 14 mi
- Endless Mountains · 16 mi
- Dunmore · 20 mi
- Scranton · 20 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 26 mi
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