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Mount Penn

Mount Penn rises to 342 m in Pennsylvania. Eagle Peak stands 396 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Peace Rock, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49053985, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
342 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.34674, -75.90268

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hampden Park: 0.5 mi
  • Hillside Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Egelman's Park: 0.5 mi
  • Rotary Park: 0.8 mi
  • Mineral Spring Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Sherman Amphitheatre Ruins - Stage: 0.7 mi
  • Sherman Amphitheatre Ruins: 0.7 mi
  • Sherman Amphitheatre Ruins: 0.7 mi
  • Sherman Amphitheatre Ruins: 0.7 mi
  • Reading Police Memorial: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Dengler Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Neversink Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Black Bear Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Guldin Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Deer Path Hill: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions: 43
  • Peace Rock: 0.4 mi
  • Graffitti Tree: 9.9 mi
  • Crystal Cave: 12.8 mi
  • Kutztown Fairgrounds: 13.3 mi
  • Raggedy Ann's Ice Cream Shop: 13.6 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Dove: 0.9 mi
  • Ruins XXVII: 2.2 mi
  • Exeter Eagle: 2.5 mi
  • Boy with Gulls: 2.9 mi
  • Troy: 2.9 mi
Gardens: 18
Springs: 14
  • Mammoth Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Geiles Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Springs of Punches Run: 5.9 mi
  • Peters Creek Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Micajah Posey Spring: 11.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 6.8 mi
  • Sweinhart Pavilion: 13.8 mi
  • Park Pavillion #2: 15.6 mi
  • Park Pavillion #3: 15.6 mi
  • White Oak Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Mount Penn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakW 268°396 m14.9 mi
Topton MountainNE 52°378 m14.7 mi
Gap HillENE 59°349 m16.5 mi
Church HillENE 64°332 m3.7 mi
Long HillE 90°332 m10.7 mi
Fancy HillE 98°331 m10.6 mi
Deer Path HillNNE 22°326 m2.6 mi
Irish MountainN 6°323 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3519:5720:38
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2415:5816:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313342536372767467554536
Precip in3.02.63.53.43.54.84.84.54.93.83.03.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading Rgnl AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357303620

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