Nells Hill
Nells Hill rises to 403 m in Pennsylvania. Lewis Rocks stands 527 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Flat Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49056696, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 403 m
How to reach it
- 19.1 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 28.2 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 29.6 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
- 29.9 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Past Presidents Honorary Venue: 4.0 mi
- Old Toboggan Run Rocks: 4.4 mi
- Center Point Knob: 8.1 mi
- Bicentennial Plaza Dedication: 9.5 mi
- Owen's Garden: 9.6 mi
- Memorial Flag Pole: 15.2 mi
- Indian Echo Caverns: 16.3 mi
- Haines Shoe House: 18.4 mi
- Dellville Covered Bridge: 19.7 mi
- Hershey's Chocolate World: 20.1 mi
- The Oakes Museum of Natural History: 4.0 mi
- Equipment Museum: 5.0 mi
- Boiler Room Museum: 5.1 mi
- Mechanicsburg Museum Association: 8.0 mi
- Eastern Museum of MotorSports Racing: 8.8 mi
- Flat Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Round Top: 1.6 mi
- Blair Hill: 1.8 mi
- Pinetown Hill: 2.2 mi
- Wright Knob: 2.5 mi
- Chestnut Park (Carroll Township): 1.5 mi
- Warrington Township Municipal Park: 3.4 mi
- Logan Park: 3.7 mi
- Dillsburg Community Park: 3.8 mi
- Quaker Race Day Use Area: 3.9 mi
- Sundial: 5.8 mi
- River Cow: 9.2 mi
- Lion Statue: 10.1 mi
- Cow Statue: 10.9 mi
- Harrisburg Giants mural: 11.1 mi
- Grantham Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Special Needs Garden: 5.8 mi
- Camp Hill Literacy Garden: 9.4 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 11.7 mi
- Heart of the Community Garden: 11.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 242: 1.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 305: 8.7 mi
- Peiffer Memorial Arboretum and Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 275: 11.5 mi
- Governor Stable: 14.0 mi
- Spring Lake Spring: 8.7 mi
- Eichelberger Spring: 8.8 mi
- Orr's Bridge Spring: 9.3 mi
- Letort Spring: 13.1 mi
- Alexander Spring: 16.8 mi
- Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Original Carrousel Circle: 20.2 mi
- Concrete Beach: 11.1 mi
- Chickies Rock: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Nells Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Rocks | WSW 254° | 527 m | 22.6 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | W 262° | 489 m | 21.9 mi |
| Buck Ridge Tower | W 262° | 488 m | 16.5 mi |
| Third Mountain | NNE 19° | 488 m | 23.1 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WSW 242° | 487 m | 20.5 mi |
| Long Mountain | W 262° | 479 m | 8.6 mi |
| Hammonds Rocks | W 261° | 462 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Holly | W 268° | 459 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:03 | 16:46 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg Capital City AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1182237 — Nells Hill, York County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357301530
Day trips start here
- York · 16 mi
- Hanover · 21 mi
- Wrightsville · 23 mi
- Gettysburg · 24 mi
- Shrewsbury · 27 mi
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