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Little Round Top

Little Round Top, seen from above at true elevation

Little Round Top rises to 651 m in Pennsylvania. Clarks Knob stands 709 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hemlocks Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.

The story

Mountain in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49045492, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
651 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.24536, -77.64471

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Big Round Top: 0.9 mi
  • Eckenrode Knob: 2.0 mi
  • Rising Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Round Top: 2.0 mi
  • Fenton Knob: 2.3 mi
Parks: 51
  • New Germantown Park: 5.9 mi
  • Tuscarora Valley Heritage Days: 6.4 mi
  • Kansas Valley Park Area: 8.6 mi
  • Blain Lions Club Park: 9.4 mi
  • Lurgan Township Recreation Center: 9.5 mi
Historic sites: 31
Museums: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pavillon 5: 1.4 mi
  • Pavillon 3: 1.5 mi
  • Pavillon 1: 1.5 mi
  • Pavillon 4: 1.5 mi
  • Pavillon 2: 1.5 mi
Springs: 10
  • Big Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Cool Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Sand Springs: 16.0 mi
  • Bucher Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Alexander Spring: 20.8 mi
Artworks: 6
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 3
Attractions: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Beach access to Kish Creek: 24.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Little Round Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clarks KnobSSW709 m14.5 mi
Butler KnobW708 m17.3 mi
Eckenrode KnobS683 m2.0 mi
Big Round TopN672 m0.9 mi
Fenton KnobE664 m2.3 mi
Rising MountainSSW662 m2.0 mi
Round TopW660 m2.0 mi
Big KnobNNE659 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:23
June solstice05:4220:0320:44
September equinox06:5918:3419:10
December solstice07:3016:0516:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303341536371767466554435
Precip in3.22.73.73.64.04.04.03.34.33.33.03.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shippensburg, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1179661 — Little Round Top, Perry County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357295339

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