Pektor Hill
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Pektor Hill rises to 184 m in Pennsylvania. Scotts Mountain stands 331 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Christines Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 9.8 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Pektor Hill is a low mountain in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The main peak rises to 614 feet (187 m), and is located in southwestern Williams Township, to the south of Easton and south of Christines Hill. It is a part of the Reading Prong of the Appalachian Mountains.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q24191617, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 184 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 11.4 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
- 13.2 mi off the Delaware River Valley
Overlooks nearby
- Foul Rift Observation Deck · 17 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 24 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 24 mi
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Southeastern Park: 1.6 mi
- Kingston Park: 2.1 mi
- Melchor Tract Park: 2.5 mi
- Fry's Run Park: 3.1 mi
- Riegelsville Borough Park: 3.2 mi
- Locktender's House: 4.0 mi
- National Canal Museum / D&L Headquarters: 4.4 mi
- Heller–Wagner Grist Mill: 4.9 mi
- Springfield Township Historical Society: 5.3 mi
- Steelworkers' Archives: 5.4 mi
- Christines Hill: 1.0 mi
- Granite Hill: 1.0 mi
- Steelys Hill: 1.0 mi
- Hexenkopf Hill: 1.6 mi
- Gaffney Hill: 1.8 mi
- Lost River Caverns: 4.1 mi
- Josiah White II Canal Boat: 4.4 mi
- SteelStacks: 5.8 mi
- Crayola Experience: 6.7 mi
- The Sun Inn: 6.7 mi
- Williams Township Veterans Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Island Park: 3.6 mi
- Lehigh Canal Chain Bridge: 3.7 mi
- Lock 44: 4.6 mi
- Geissinger Grist Mill: 4.6 mi
- Lehigh Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Esperanza: 6.2 mi
- Lower Hackett Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- South 10th and Pine Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 6.5 mi
- The Bridge: 5.9 mi
- Mr. Imagination's Sculpture Garden: 6.3 mi
- Amos The Greyhound: 6.7 mi
- Nittany Lion Mascot Statue: 6.7 mi
- John Amos Comenius Monument: 6.9 mi
- Charlie Brown's Clearing: 5.2 mi
- Picinic Table (S): 7.1 mi
- Picinic Table (C): 7.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 12.7 mi
- Island Picnic Grove: 14.1 mi
- Nockamixon Cliffs: 5.7 mi
- Mount Washington: 6.5 mi
- Saint Anthonys Nose: 9.2 mi
- lower waterfall ledge: 13.9 mi
- Devil's Tea Table: 13.9 mi
- Marble Spring: 9.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 11.8 mi
- Lehigh Park Spring: 11.9 mi
- Helfrichs Spring: 12.4 mi
- Poorhouse Spring: 15.1 mi
- High Falls: 7.4 mi
- Princess Run Waterfall: 20.0 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 23.4 mi
- Upper Falls: 24.8 mi
- Lower Falls: 25.0 mi
- Wilson Avenue River Access: 3.5 mi
- Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 20.8 mi
- 309 Truck Stop: 9.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pektor Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotts Mountain | NE 43° | 331 m | 13.4 mi |
| Bauer Rock | WSW 256° | 317 m | 9.8 mi |
| Gaffney Hill | N 3° | 308 m | 1.8 mi |
| Flint Hill | SW 225° | 308 m | 6.9 mi |
| Kirchberg | WSW 256° | 305 m | 3.2 mi |
| Haycock Mountain | SSE 166° | 295 m | 8.0 mi |
| Kohlberg | SW 223° | 294 m | 3.4 mi |
| Musconetcong Mountain | ENE 73° | 289 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:55 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:54 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springtown 1 NNE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1183451 — Pektor Hill, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357303518
Day trips start here
- Hellertown · 4 mi
- Bethlehem · 6 mi
- Easton · 6 mi
- Phillipsburg · 7 mi
- Nazareth · 10 mi
- Allentown · 12 mi
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