Osterhout Mountain
Osterhout Mountain rises to 589 m in Pennsylvania. Forkston Mountain stands 715 m to the west-southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lazy Brook Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
Osterhout Mountain is a summit located in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. Osterhout is located on the east bank of the Susquehanna River opposite its sister peak Miller Mountain. The mountain has communication towers on its summit and rises over the town of Tunkhannock Pennsylvania.
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Wikidata Q7107658, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 589 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 1.5 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
- 17.3 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lazy Brook Park: 1.1 mi
- Bob Massaker Sports Complex: 1.8 mi
- Lee Baumgartner Sports Complex: 2.0 mi
- McCord Park: 2.2 mi
- Feed Mill Park: 2.5 mi
- German Hill: 1.1 mi
- Avery Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Middle Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Greenwood Hill: 2.5 mi
- East Mountain: 3.1 mi
- H. James Saxton and Donald Sherwood monument: 8.5 mi
- Caboose: 9.1 mi
- AT&T Long Lines RANSOM Facility Historical Site: 11.7 mi
- A Tribute to Anthracite Coal Miners: 12.7 mi
- Old Forge War Memorial: 14.3 mi
- Nay Aug Falls: 16.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Falls: 20.4 mi
- Salvatore Falls: 20.7 mi
- Onondaga Falls: 24.1 mi
- F.L. Ricketts Falls: 24.1 mi
- Little Rocky Glen Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Gateway Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Waverly Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Meadowsweet Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Quarry Ridge Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Anthracite Museum: 12.6 mi
- Lackawana Coal Mine Tour: 12.6 mi
- Houdini Museum: 14.2 mi
- Electric City Trolley Museum: 14.6 mi
- History Museum: 14.8 mi
- 'The Office' Mural: 15.1 mi
- Faith - Hope - Love Veterans Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Jason Miller: 15.1 mi
- Christ the Teacher Sculpture: 15.4 mi
- Metanoia: 15.5 mi
- Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 8.3 mi
- Tunkhannock Viaduct: 8.7 mi
- Tundra Tornado: 17.8 mi
- Iceberg Alley Luge: 17.8 mi
- The Mary Stegmaier Mansion: 20.2 mi
- Prayer Garden: 15.0 mi
- Mulberry Plaza: 15.3 mi
- Lower Quad: 15.5 mi
- Upper Quad: 15.5 mi
- R. N, Davis Memorial Garden: 16.2 mi
- Campbell's Ledge: 13.4 mi
- The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 24.4 mi
- Roadside Rest: 5.7 mi
- Ricketts: 22.1 mi
- Lake Jean Beach: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Osterhout Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forkston Mountain | WSW 256° | 715 m | 9.0 mi |
| Pinnacle Rock | SE 135° | 685 m | 10.7 mi |
| Pinnacle Rock | SE 134° | 681 m | 10.5 mi |
| Miller Mountain | SW 220° | 672 m | 4.3 mi |
| Shaver Mountain | SSW 212° | 657 m | 5.2 mi |
| Schooley Mountain | SW 232° | 625 m | 10.1 mi |
| Brier Mountain | SW 224° | 618 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mehoopany Mountain | W 273° | 578 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:00 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:53 | 16:37 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilkes-barre/scranton Intl AP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357303000
Day trips start here
- Factoryville · 6 mi
- Endless Mountains · 7 mi
- Clarks Summit · 10 mi
- Scranton · 15 mi
- Dunmore · 16 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 19 mi
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