Oak Knob
Oak Knob rises to 388 m in Pennsylvania. North Knob stands 817 m to the east-northeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Jeffers Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49057989, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 388 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 13.7 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
- 13.7 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
- 28.5 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mary Karhnak Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
- Nordahl Park: 5.1 mi
- Benton Township Park: 5.4 mi
- Tom Bell Park: 5.5 mi
- Lackawanna State Park: 7.1 mi
- Jeffers Hill: 1.4 mi
- Hartley Hill: 1.7 mi
- Cobble Hill: 2.1 mi
- Pine Hill: 2.8 mi
- Round Hill: 2.9 mi
- H. James Saxton and Donald Sherwood monument: 5.1 mi
- Caboose: 10.7 mi
- Birthplace of First Aid: 13.4 mi
- WW1, WW1, Korean War: 13.4 mi
- Borough Establishment: 13.4 mi
- Gardner Spencer Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Ziegler Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Messimer Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Gateway Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Quarry Ridge Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 17.1 mi
- Worthington Scranton Statue: 17.1 mi
- Penn State Nittany Lion: 18.2 mi
- Faith - Hope - Love Veterans Memorial: 18.8 mi
- Jason Miller: 18.8 mi
- Houdini Museum: 17.2 mi
- Anthracite Museum: 18.0 mi
- Lackawana Coal Mine Tour: 18.0 mi
- Electric City Trolley Museum: 18.6 mi
- Civil War Museum: 18.7 mi
- Tunkhannock Viaduct: 4.9 mi
- Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 15.7 mi
- A Very Old Barn: 18.0 mi
- banks Susquehanna River: 19.2 mi
- Priesthood Restoration Site: 19.4 mi
- Prayer Garden: 18.6 mi
- Mulberry Plaza: 18.9 mi
- Lower Quad: 19.0 mi
- Upper Quad: 19.1 mi
- R. N, Davis Memorial Garden: 19.4 mi
- Spencer Spring: 16.2 mi
- Salt Springs: 17.9 mi
- The Salt Spring: 17.9 mi
- Roadside Rest: 19.2 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 21.3 mi
- Broome Gateway Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Nay Aug Falls: 19.5 mi
- Campbell's Ledge: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Oak Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Knob | ENE 72° | 817 m | 8.4 mi |
| South Knob | ENE 77° | 792 m | 8.2 mi |
| Elk Hill | ENE 74° | 748 m | 8.2 mi |
| East Mountain | NE 55° | 719 m | 8.6 mi |
| Thorn Hill | ESE 115° | 552 m | 4.9 mi |
| Wolf Hill | N 357° | 544 m | 9.6 mi |
| Tinker Hill | E 85° | 534 m | 9.6 mi |
| Finch Hill | ESE 116° | 532 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:59 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:51 | 16:36 |
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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357302461
Day trips start here
- Factoryville · 9 mi
- Clarks Summit · 13 mi
- Endless Mountains · 16 mi
- Dunmore · 19 mi
- Scranton · 19 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 24 mi
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