Nicholson Hill
Nicholson Hill rises to 345 m in Pennsylvania. Osterhout Mountain stands 589 m to the southwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Nordahl Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wikidata Q49056904, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 345 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 9.1 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
- 15.3 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nordahl Park: 1.1 mi
- Tom Bell Park: 1.4 mi
- Mary Karhnak Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
- Benton Township Park: 4.7 mi
- Christy Mathewson Park: 5.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.1 mi
- Squire Hill: 2.5 mi
- Thayer Hill: 2.6 mi
- Miller Hill: 2.8 mi
- Thomas Hill: 2.9 mi
- H. James Saxton and Donald Sherwood monument: 1.4 mi
- Caboose: 8.7 mi
- AT&T Long Lines RANSOM Facility Historical Site: 13.5 mi
- WW1, WW1, Korean War: 14.6 mi
- Birthplace of First Aid: 14.6 mi
- Ziegler Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Gardner Spencer Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Little Rocky Glen Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Gateway Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Messimer Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Houdini Museum: 15.8 mi
- Anthracite Museum: 15.9 mi
- Lackawana Coal Mine Tour: 15.9 mi
- Electric City Trolley Museum: 17.0 mi
- 1902 Roundhouse & Technology Museum: 17.2 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 16.3 mi
- Worthington Scranton Statue: 16.3 mi
- Penn State Nittany Lion: 17.2 mi
- Faith - Hope - Love Veterans Memorial: 17.3 mi
- Jason Miller: 17.3 mi
- Tunkhannock Viaduct: 1.3 mi
- Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 12.8 mi
- A Very Old Barn: 19.2 mi
- Tundra Tornado: 21.0 mi
- Iceberg Alley Luge: 21.1 mi
- Prayer Garden: 17.1 mi
- Mulberry Plaza: 17.4 mi
- Lower Quad: 17.6 mi
- Upper Quad: 17.6 mi
- R. N, Davis Memorial Garden: 18.1 mi
- Salt Springs: 19.1 mi
- The Salt Spring: 19.2 mi
- Spencer Spring: 20.7 mi
- Roadside Rest: 14.7 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 23.9 mi
- Nay Aug Falls: 18.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Falls: 23.8 mi
- Campbell's Ledge: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Nicholson Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osterhout Mountain | SW 218° | 589 m | 9.1 mi |
| Thorn Hill | E 86° | 552 m | 8.2 mi |
| Wilbur Hill | S 172° | 504 m | 9.3 mi |
| Carey Hill | NE 54° | 498 m | 9.8 mi |
| Morgan Hill | NNE 24° | 495 m | 8.0 mi |
| Weatherby Hill | SE 134° | 481 m | 9.7 mi |
| East Mountain | SSW 201° | 475 m | 7.3 mi |
| Dean Hill | NNW 327° | 470 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:00 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:52 | 16:37 |
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 | 22 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montrose, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357301801
Day trips start here
- Factoryville · 5 mi
- Clarks Summit · 11 mi
- Endless Mountains · 11 mi
- Scranton · 17 mi
- Dunmore · 18 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 23 mi
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