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Kepner Knob

Kepner Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Kepner Knob rises to 512 m in Pennsylvania. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the south-southwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is McCarrys Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 8.6 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49041292, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
512 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.78565, -77.44610

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Carroll Commons Park: 3.8 mi
  • Pine Hill Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
  • Solit farm: 4.6 mi
  • Old Benjamin Tenis Courts: 4.6 mi
  • Old Banjamin Flagpoles: 4.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 41
  • Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Renfrew Farm & Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Frederick County Fire Museum: 8.5 mi
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 8.7 mi
  • Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg: 11.2 mi
Springs: 22
  • Browns Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Fountaindale Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Knob Springs: 5.0 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Travelers Spring: 5.5 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 6.4 mi
  • 42 West: 7.3 mi
  • St. Francis: 8.5 mi
  • Fr. John Dubois: 8.7 mi
  • Women's Memorial: 11.8 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Attractions: 7
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 9.1 mi
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 9.5 mi
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 14.0 mi
  • Catoctin Furnace: 14.1 mi
  • Children's Village of Washington County: 17.2 mi
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Founder's Plaza: 8.7 mi
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
  • Bear Valley Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 8.8 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 19.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 4.6 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Kepner Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainSSW654 m7.1 mi
Snowy MountainNW637 m4.2 mi
Buzzard PeakNNW593 m2.6 mi
The KnobN573 m4.7 mi
Catoctin MountainS572 m9.5 mi
Rocky MountainNNW570 m6.1 mi
Pivot RockNNW563 m6.2 mi
High RockSSW559 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:4320:0120:42
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:2816:0616:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037495967717063524233
Precip in3.72.94.44.24.74.63.93.95.14.13.33.8

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357293745

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