Mount Ararat
Mount Ararat rises to 803 m in Pennsylvania. North Knob stands 817 m to the southwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 6.7 miles off.
The story
Mount Ararat is a mountain located in the Pennsylvania villages of Belmont Corners and Orson. Its summit, which is in Orson, is the highest point in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, and one of the higher points in eastern Pennsylvania. Mount Ararat is located in the Glaciated Low Plateaus geological section of Pennsylvania. This section is characterized with low rolling hills and modest relief. This summit is of low relief but stands as a peak above the countryside. The west and north sides of Mount Ararat drain into the East Branch of the Lackawanna River, thence into the Susquehanna River, and into the Chesapeake Bay. The east side of Ararat drains into the West Branch of the Lackawaxen River, thence into the Delaware River, and into Delaware Bay.
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Wikidata Q6919429, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 803 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 13.0 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
- 14.8 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
- 29.1 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Herrick Township Community Park: 3.9 mi
- Kennedy Park: 9.7 mi
- Vandling Community Park: 10.9 mi
- Jefferson Street Park: 13.3 mi
- Monkey Run Park: 13.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Nettle Hill: 4.1 mi
- Moores Hill: 4.8 mi
- Church Hill: 6.2 mi
- Slocum Hill: 6.8 mi
- Florence Shelly Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Prompton State Park: 13.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 299: 14.0 mi
- Robert W Nichol Nature Preserve and Science Center: 14.2 mi
- Merli-Sarnoski County Park: 14.5 mi
- Old stone bridge: 14.4 mi
- Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood: 14.5 mi
- Birthplace of First Aid: 18.8 mi
- Borough Establishment: 18.8 mi
- WW1, WW1, Korean War: 18.8 mi
- Priesthood Restoration Site: 14.5 mi
- banks Susquehanna River: 14.6 mi
- Maple Tree Grove: 14.6 mi
- Wayne County Fairgrounds: 16.4 mi
- Tunkhannock Viaduct: 20.2 mi
- Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 14.4 mi
- Deposit Historical Museum: 18.9 mi
- Dorflinger Glass Museum: 22.5 mi
- Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History: 23.9 mi
- Spencer Spring: 5.9 mi
- The Salt Spring: 22.6 mi
- Salt Springs: 22.6 mi
- Jensen Cascade: 15.9 mi
- Carley Brook Falls: 19.2 mi
- Wangum Falls: 23.0 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 20.1 mi
- East Branch Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Broome Gateway Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- I Love NY Sculpture: 23.0 mi
- 16-17 mile marker from possible priesthood site: 24.0 mi
- Overlook Cliff: 13.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Mount Ararat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Knob | SW 226° | 817 m | 7.5 mi |
| South Knob | SW 222° | 792 m | 8.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | N 360° | 771 m | 2.1 mi |
| Elk Hill | SW 225° | 748 m | 7.9 mi |
| East Mountain | WSW 245° | 719 m | 6.9 mi |
| Nettle Hill | N 359° | 693 m | 4.1 mi |
| High Knob | S 175° | 690 m | 13.8 mi |
| Salem Hill | S 180° | 686 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:59 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:50 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 22 | 30 | 42 | 54 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pleasant MT 1 W, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357275566
Day trips start here
- Factoryville · 23 mi
- Clarks Summit · 24 mi
- Pocono Mountains · 26 mi
- Dunmore · 27 mi
- Scranton · 29 mi
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