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Ore Mine Hill

Ore Mine Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Ore Mine Hill rises to 500 m in Pennsylvania. 2768 feet stands 923 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Vernon Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 6.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49058819, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
500 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.08674, -79.50893

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mount Vernon Park: 0.5 mi
  • Jacobs Creek Park: 2.0 mi
  • Kendi Park: 3.8 mi
  • Willow Park: 4.1 mi
  • Loucks Park: 4.3 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 43
  • Laurel Ridge State Park XC Skiing Concession Building: 11.8 mi
  • Fallingwater: 12.7 mi
  • Kentuck Knob Visitor's Center: 14.8 mi
  • Flatrock: 16.0 mi
  • Tipping Bucket: 16.9 mi
Historic sites: 37
  • Scottdale War Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Mount Pleasant WWI Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • P&LE Dickerson Run roundhouse: 8.7 mi
  • Mt. Hope School: 11.9 mi
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Statue: 15.5 mi
Museums: 19
  • Cole and Coke Heritage Center: 12.5 mi
  • Speyer Gallery: 12.7 mi
  • Powdermill Nature Center: 13.5 mi
  • Powder Mill Nature Reserve: 13.5 mi
  • KLBE Air Museum: 14.6 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Tharp Knob Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
  • Cucumber Run Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
  • Slovak Club Picnic Grounds: 18.4 mi
  • Quiet Acres 2: 21.1 mi
  • Shepard: 21.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
Gardens: 6
  • Formal Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve Colonial Garden: 15.0 mi
  • Monastic Garden Area: 15.2 mi
  • Penn State Master Gardeners’ Richard E. Thorn Memorial Gardens: 15.3 mi
  • The Chateau Gardens: 19.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Artworks: 6
  • Statue of Thomas Jefferson and Albert Gallatin: 17.2 mi
  • Blaze the Vulcan: 19.9 mi
  • Statue of Dr. Robert E Eberly: 20.0 mi
  • Metal Sculpture: 21.0 mi
  • Birdhouse: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Keystone Beach: 21.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 23.3 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 23.4 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 23.4 mi
  • Redds Beach: 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 4
  • Paterson Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Kooser Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Cool Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Francis Spring: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Ore Mine Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
2768 feetESE 104°923 m13.0 mi
Painter Rock HillE 97°893 m11.2 mi
Bald KnobE 83°893 m16.3 mi
Birch Rock HillESE 105°891 m10.5 mi
Pea Vine HillENE 71°886 m19.9 mi
Pike's PeakENE 68°868 m22.5 mi
Ulery HillENE 74°863 m19.1 mi
Penrod HillENE 67°855 m21.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5419:30
June solstice05:5020:1020:51
September equinox07:0618:4119:17
December solstice07:3716:1316:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273037495967706963524133
Precip in5.03.53.74.14.74.94.64.23.93.33.74.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Donegal 2 NW, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357302942

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