Loop Mountain
Loop Mountain rises to 750 m in Pennsylvania. Blue Knob stands 953 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimney Rocks, a peak 2.5 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49046814, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 750 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Chimney Rocks: 2.5 mi
- Lock Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Ritchey Knob: 8.6 mi
- Pine Knob: 8.7 mi
- Red Cap Hill: 9.5 mi
- NatureWorks Park: 2.7 mi
- Kelly Park: 3.0 mi
- Canal Basin Park: 3.1 mi
- Dell Delight Legion Park: 3.8 mi
- Shawnee Park: 4.6 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Blair Limestone Company Kilns: 8.4 mi
- Quarry: 8.4 mi
- Captain Phillips' Rangers Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Old In-town Altoona airstrip: 12.9 mi
- Baker Mansion History Museum: 7.4 mi
- A Quaint Corner Children's Museum & Discovery Center: 8.6 mi
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 9.0 mi
- Lemon House: 10.8 mi
- Galliztin Tuneels Museum: 11.7 mi
- Old Duncansville Airmail field: 4.7 mi
- Tank: 10.2 mi
- Engine House #6 Exhibit Building: 10.8 mi
- Cresson Railroad Observation Platform: 12.9 mi
- Tipton Creek Train Station: 17.2 mi
- Kittanning Point: 10.1 mi
- Devils Elbow: 11.1 mi
- Herman Point: 12.4 mi
- Diechland Point: 13.4 mi
- Old Cliffs: 17.3 mi
- Weynant Spring: 7.7 mi
- Gallitzin Spring: 9.3 mi
- Arch Spring: 17.4 mi
- Diehl Spring: 17.6 mi
- Mason Spring: 18.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 279: 13.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 261: 19.6 mi
- Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center: 20.1 mi
- State Game Lands Number 131: 20.4 mi
- Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center: 21.1 mi
- Boot: 3.5 mi
- Golden Tiger Statue: 4.1 mi
- Great Auk: 10.9 mi
- The Paper Trail: 19.7 mi
- Silent Descent: 20.0 mi
- Willow Springs Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Mowery Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Burnt House Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Babcock Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Pine Hill Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Seeds of Hope (Tyrone Community Gardens): 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Loop Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Knob | WSW 236° | 953 m | 12.3 mi |
| Schaefer Head | WSW 246° | 898 m | 11.1 mi |
| Ritchey Knob | WSW 250° | 874 m | 8.6 mi |
| Cattle Knob | WSW 245° | 865 m | 10.3 mi |
| Round Top | WSW 240° | 849 m | 17.2 mi |
| Round Knob | WSW 241° | 846 m | 11.4 mi |
| Pine Knob | WSW 244° | 824 m | 8.7 mi |
| Vickrey Mountain | WSW 254° | 821 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:07 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:07 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Altoona 7 SW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1179941 — Loop Mountain, Blair County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357295666
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