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Pickett Hill

Pickett Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Pickett Hill rises to 171 m in Pennsylvania. Buck Ridge Tower stands 488 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Dover Community Park, a park 3.9 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 16 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49061047, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
171 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.00037, -76.92914

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Memorial Flag Pole: 12.3 mi
  • Haines Shoe House: 15.5 mi
  • Hex Murder House: 20.1 mi
  • Indian Echo Caverns: 20.8 mi
  • Fort Roller: 21.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Old Toboggan Run Rocks: 5.1 mi
  • end of the line: 7.5 mi
  • Gettysburg Campaign: 8.4 mi
  • Old Trolley Station: 8.7 mi
  • Officer David Tome Memorial Circle: 8.8 mi
Museums: 59
Peaks
Parks
  • Dover Community Park: 3.9 mi
  • Edgewood Park: 4.2 mi
  • Alda Ketterman Park: 4.4 mi
  • Warrington Township Municipal Park: 4.6 mi
  • Brookside Park: 5.0 mi
Artworks: 34
  • The Tinker: 10.9 mi
  • Sweet Encounter: 11.2 mi
  • Retro Birth: 11.2 mi
  • Third Eye: 11.2 mi
  • Unlimited Vibe: 11.2 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Gardens: 19
  • Grantham Community Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Special Needs Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Scott Brown Memorial Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Camp Hill Literacy Garden: 16.5 mi
Springs: 12
  • Spring Lake Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Eichelberger Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Orr's Bridge Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Letort Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Spangler's Spring: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 24.5 mi
  • Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 24.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Concrete Beach: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Pickett Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck Ridge TowerWNW488 m18.5 mi
Bear MountainW487 m19.7 mi
Long MountainWNW479 m11.7 mi
Hammonds RocksWNW462 m17.5 mi
Mount HollyWNW459 m16.0 mi
Stone HeadNW418 m10.5 mi
Nells HillNNW403 m7.4 mi
Sunset RocksW402 m21.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:4020:0020:41
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:2716:0316:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516170747265544435
Precip in2.62.53.73.34.23.24.33.84.83.63.13.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — York AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1183699 — Pickett Hill, York County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357303944

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