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Pektor Hill

Pektor Hill, a peak in Pennsylvania
Pektor Hill, a peak in PennsylvaniaMr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page , my Commons user talk page , or my English Wikipedia user talk page ; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY 4.0
Pektor Hill, a peak in Pennsylvania
Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page , my Commons user talk page , or my English Wikipedia user talk page ; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY 4.0

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.

About

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.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
184 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.60038, -75.25684

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Gardens: 32
Artworks: 22
  • 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
Picnic sites: 14
  • Charlie Brown's Clearing: 5.2 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 7.1 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 7.1 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 7.1 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 7.1 mi
Springs: 11
  • 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
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • High Falls: 7.4 mi
  • High Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 20.0 mi
  • Old Mill Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 24.8 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 3.5 mi
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area: 7.1 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 9.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Pektor Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Scotts MountainNE 43°331 m13.4 mi
Bauer RockWSW 256°317 m9.8 mi
Gaffney HillN 3°308 m1.8 mi
Flint HillSW 225°308 m6.9 mi
KirchbergWSW 256°305 m3.2 mi
South MountainW 266°301 m6.3 mi
Haycock MountainSSE 166°295 m8.0 mi
KohlbergSW 223°294 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3119:5520:36
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2215:5416:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038505968737164534333
Precip in3.83.24.44.24.54.65.64.85.14.93.64.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springtown 1 NNE, 2 mi away.

Sources

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

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