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Penn View Mountain

Penn View Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Penn View Mountain rises to 577 m in Pennsylvania. Bald Knob stands 893 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Ridge Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 6.4 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49060644, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
577 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.43590, -79.17726

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pine Ridge Park: 0.8 mi
  • Pine Ridge County Park: 1.7 mi
  • Saylor Park: 2.9 mi
  • Blairsville Commons Park: 4.1 mi
  • DeLuca Field: 4.1 mi
Peaks: 43
Attractions: 40
  • IUP Arch: 12.7 mi
  • The Elf Pond: 13.0 mi
  • The Dragon & Gwenevere: 13.0 mi
  • Little Boy Blue: 13.0 mi
  • Jack & Jill: 13.0 mi
Historic sites: 23
Nature reserves: 8
Artworks: 7
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 5
  • Laurel Ave Community Garden: 13.7 mi
  • Monastic Garden Area: 15.3 mi
  • Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve Colonial Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Penn State Master Gardeners’ Richard E. Thorn Memorial Gardens: 19.1 mi
  • Formal Garden: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Keystone Beach: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Penn View Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobS 183°893 m22.2 mi
Sugar Camp HillSSE 164°887 m14.6 mi
Pea Vine HillS 176°886 m17.7 mi
Mystery HillSSE 165°878 m15.1 mi
Irwin HillSSE 160°868 m14.0 mi
Pike's PeakSSE 168°868 m16.0 mi
Ulery HillS 177°863 m19.0 mi
Penrod HillS 173°855 m16.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5319:29
June solstice05:4720:1020:51
September equinox07:0518:4019:16
December solstice07:3716:1016:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967716963524132
Precip in3.62.93.94.04.34.85.14.34.23.53.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indiana 3 SE, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357303614

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