Miranda Hill
Miranda Hill rises to 282 m in Pennsylvania. Clarks Knob stands 709 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Top, a peak 0.9 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49050619, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 282 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Top: 0.9 mi
- Butler Knob: 3.1 mi
- Shirley Knobs: 3.3 mi
- Silver Mine Knob: 4.4 mi
- Chestnut Flat: 5.3 mi
- Harpers Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
- Riverside Park: 8.0 mi
- Tuscarora Valley Heritage Days: 14.3 mi
- Woodcock Valley Community Park: 14.9 mi
- Huntingdon Little League: 15.1 mi
- Post Office and General Store: 7.1 mi
- former Phillips Sand Co. (2 plants): 7.7 mi
- old Glendower Sand Plant: 7.8 mi
- Old PRR Reservoir: 7.9 mi
- former Jackstown Aquaduct: 7.9 mi
- Bell Furnace Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Pavillon 4: 13.2 mi
- Pavillon 2: 13.2 mi
- Pavillon 3: 13.2 mi
- Pavillon 1: 13.3 mi
- Rockhill Trolley Museum: 2.8 mi
- East Broad Top Railroad: 2.8 mi
- Mapleton Historical Society: 7.9 mi
- Swigart Museum: 11.5 mi
- Friends of the East Broad Top: 12.8 mi
- Diehl Spring: 12.5 mi
- Big Spring: 13.3 mi
- Mason Spring: 16.1 mi
- Sand Springs: 19.1 mi
- Oak Spring: 20.7 mi
- Hemlocks Natural Area: 14.5 mi
- State Game Lands Number 76: 16.1 mi
- State Game Lands Number 215: 16.4 mi
- Rocky Ridge Natural Area: 20.1 mi
- Frank E. Masland, Jr. Natural Area: 20.6 mi
- Old Cliffs: 10.5 mi
- Pulpit Rocks: 17.6 mi
- Hunter Rock: 18.7 mi
- Donation Rocks: 20.3 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 22.4 mi
- IRON: 3.5 mi
- The Paper Trail: 15.3 mi
- Silent Descent: 16.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 23.7 mi
- Three Crosses of Mapleton: 7.6 mi
- Tank: 19.9 mi
- Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal: 24.8 mi
- Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal: 25.0 mi
- Aitch: 14.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Miranda Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Knob | SSE 152° | 709 m | 18.0 mi |
| Butler Knob | WNW 287° | 708 m | 3.1 mi |
| Pulpit Hill | W 260° | 707 m | 21.9 mi |
| Bald Knob | SW 214° | 702 m | 22.4 mi |
| Fisher Point | SSW 212° | 701 m | 22.0 mi |
| Round Knob | WSW 248° | 699 m | 10.1 mi |
| Eckenrode Knob | ESE 108° | 683 m | 14.3 mi |
| Big Round Top | E 96° | 672 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:05 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:06 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raystown Lake 2, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1181355 — Miranda Hill, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357298126
Day trips start here
- Chambersburg · 27 mi
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