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Jockey Knob

Jockey Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Jockey Knob rises to 630 m in Pennsylvania. Mount Davis stands 979 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Sun Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49039878, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
630 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.03341, -79.42670

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Laural Ridge State Park: 6.0 mi
  • Mount Vernon Park: 6.1 mi
  • Roaring Run Natural Area: 6.7 mi
  • Jacobs Creek Park: 7.6 mi
  • Community Park: 8.8 mi
Attractions: 43
  • Laurel Ridge State Park XC Skiing Concession Building: 6.3 mi
  • Fallingwater: 9.1 mi
  • Kentuck Knob Visitor's Center: 12.3 mi
  • Flatrock: 12.7 mi
  • Tipping Bucket: 17.3 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Mt. Hope School: 7.6 mi
  • Scottdale War Memorial: 9.7 mi
  • Mount Pleasant WWI Memorial: 10.0 mi
  • CCC Monument: 10.2 mi
  • P&LE Dickerson Run roundhouse: 12.7 mi
Museums: 16
  • Speyer Gallery: 9.1 mi
  • Laurel Hill Visitor Center: 10.2 mi
  • Powdermill Nature Center: 12.0 mi
  • Powder Mill Nature Reserve: 12.0 mi
  • Cole and Coke Heritage Center: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Gardens: 5
  • The Chateau Gardens: 17.1 mi
  • Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve Colonial Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Formal Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Monastic Garden Area: 17.8 mi
  • Penn State Master Gardeners’ Richard E. Thorn Memorial Gardens: 19.4 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Statue of Thomas Jefferson and Albert Gallatin: 18.3 mi
  • Birdhouse: 18.5 mi
  • Metal Sculpture: 19.5 mi
  • Blaze the Vulcan: 24.3 mi
  • Statue of Dr. Robert E Eberly: 24.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Paterson Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Kooser Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Cool Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Baughman Spring: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Keystone Beach: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Jockey Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DavisSE 142°979 m21.6 mi
Baughman RocksSE 141°961 m21.4 mi
Glade MountainSE 145°936 m20.6 mi
2768 feetE 86°923 m8.3 mi
Vought RockSE 136°898 m21.0 mi
Painter Rock HillENE 71°893 m7.2 mi
Bald KnobENE 65°893 m13.1 mi
Birch Rock HillE 81°891 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5419:30
June solstice05:5020:1020:51
September equinox07:0618:4119:17
December solstice07:3716:1316:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273037495967706963524133
Precip in5.03.53.74.14.74.94.64.23.93.33.74.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Donegal 2 NW, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357293285

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