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Laurel Hill

Laurel Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Laurel Hill rises to 202 m in Pennsylvania. Pocono Mountain stands 517 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Lehigh County Massacre Gravesite, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Delaware River Valley passes 19 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49043643, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
202 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.69093, -75.53713

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Egypt Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Troxell-Steckel House and Farm Museum: 1.1 mi
  • Cementon Park: 1.2 mi
  • Twenty-Sixth Street Playground: 1.9 mi
  • Laurys Firehouse Park: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves: 57
Historic sites: 56
  • Lehigh County Massacre Gravesite: 0.7 mi
  • Colonel John Siegfried Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Dam No. 6: 3.5 mi
  • Lockport, canal town: 3.7 mi
  • Korea Vietnam Memorial: 4.1 mi
Peaks: 56
Attractions: 52
Museums: 48
Gardens: 25
Artworks: 20
Waterfalls: 11
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 12.4 mi
  • Wild Creek Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Lower Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Onoko Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Terrace Falls: 18.1 mi
Springs: 10
  • Helfrichs Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Poorhouse Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Lehigh Park Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Stempa Spring: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Parkside Pavillion: 7.6 mi
  • Food Fest Grove: 7.8 mi
  • Carousel Grove: 7.8 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 8.8 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 6
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 5.3 mi
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 12.6 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 13.2 mi
  • Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 15.9 mi
  • Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 17.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • 309 Truck Stop: 15.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Laurel Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pocono MountainNNW517 m16.8 mi
Bear MountainNW506 m15.2 mi
Bake Oven KnobWNW483 m11.0 mi
Bears RocksWNW475 m12.1 mi
Call MountainN471 m16.4 mi
Topton MountainSSW378 m16.6 mi
Gap HillSSW349 m16.1 mi
Mahoning MountainWNW348 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3819:14
June solstice05:3219:5620:37
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2315:5516:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303241526271767466554435
Precip in3.32.83.63.73.64.45.34.64.84.13.23.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allentown Lehigh VLY Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357359304

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