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Mud Pond Mountain

Mud Pond Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Mud Pond Mountain rises to 582 m in Pennsylvania. Dresser Hill stands 673 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Belle Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 17 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
582 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.28092, -75.17629

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 55
Parks
  • Sky Puppies: 5.0 mi
  • High Acres Park: 7.1 mi
  • Carlton Drake Memorial Park: 7.6 mi
  • Ironwood Park: 8.0 mi
  • T-Dock (pier): 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Indian Ladder Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Bond Hill Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Little Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Resica Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Factory Falls: 13.8 mi
Historic sites: 25
Attractions: 21
  • What's this?: 5.0 mi
  • to private house: 8.9 mi
  • osprey nest: 8.9 mi
  • Deagan Chimes: 9.0 mi
  • floating weather station: 9.2 mi
Museums: 17
  • Cresco Station Museum: 10.3 mi
  • Wills Mansion Museum: 14.2 mi
  • Tobyhanna Train Station: 14.4 mi
  • Gouldsboro Train Station: 14.6 mi
  • Brodhead Creek Heritage Center: 15.6 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Laurel Ridge Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Deer Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Palmyra Township Public Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Gravel Beach: 11.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 8
  • Robin Cove Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Pecks Pond Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 7.6 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 7.6 mi
  • Toms Creek Recreation Site: 15.7 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Labyrinth Garden: 5.3 mi
  • native plant garden: 9.2 mi
  • Glacier Lake Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Muriel's Garden: 13.9 mi
  • The Smith-Harker Community Garden: 14.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 5.7 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 5.8 mi
  • Crescent Lake Rest Area: 17.8 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 20.1 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 24.7 mi
Springs: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Glass Tentacles: 17.9 mi
  • Rock Maze: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Mud Pond Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dresser HillWSW673 m10.4 mi
Turkey KnollSW655 m10.0 mi
Camelback MountainSSW647 m18.9 mi
Blair HillW645 m19.4 mi
Shaffers KnobWSW634 m9.2 mi
Mount WismerSW627 m5.0 mi
High KnobENE624 m3.0 mi
Bush MountainWSW611 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:2819:5620:38
September equinox06:4918:2319:00
December solstice07:2415:5116:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533455665696760493829
Precip in3.22.73.63.73.64.74.14.14.34.43.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hawley 1 E, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1182022 — Mud Pond Mountain, Pike County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357301027

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