Pickett Hill
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.
The story
mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wikidata Q49061047, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 171 m
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 20.9 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 22.5 mi off the Falls Road
- 26.8 mi off the Old Main Streets
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dover Community Park: 3.9 mi
- Edgewood Park: 4.2 mi
- Edgewood Park: 4.2 mi
- Alda Ketterman Park: 4.4 mi
- Warrington Township Municipal Park: 4.6 mi
- Straight Hill: 4.9 mi
- Blair Hill: 7.1 mi
- Round Top: 7.1 mi
- Nells Hill: 7.4 mi
- Ramsey Hill: 7.5 mi
- Old Toboggan Run Rocks: 5.1 mi
- end of the line: 7.5 mi
- Gettysburg Campaign: 8.4 mi
- Christopher Rizzuto Bench: 8.5 mi
- Old Trolley Station: 8.7 mi
- 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
- Eastern Museum of MotorSports Racing: 8.2 mi
- Ye Olde Sulphur Spa Historical Society: 10.0 mi
- Fire Museum of York County Inc: 10.1 mi
- York County History Center: 10.7 mi
- Industrial & Agricultural Museum: 10.9 mi
- 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
- State Game Lands Number 242: 6.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 305: 13.0 mi
- Richard M. Nixon County Park: 13.4 mi
- Governor Stable: 15.3 mi
- Peiffer Memorial Arboretum and Nature Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Grantham Community Garden: 11.4 mi
- Special Needs Garden: 13.2 mi
- Special Needs Garden: 13.2 mi
- Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 14.2 mi
- Scott Brown Memorial Garden: 15.9 mi
- 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
- Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Original Carrousel Circle: 24.5 mi
- Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 24.8 mi
- Concrete Beach: 17.9 mi
- Chickies Rock: 21.7 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Pickett Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Ridge Tower | WNW 286° | 488 m | 18.5 mi |
| Bear Mountain | W 263° | 487 m | 19.7 mi |
| Long Mountain | WNW 302° | 479 m | 11.7 mi |
| Hammonds Rocks | WNW 286° | 462 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount Holly | WNW 295° | 459 m | 16.0 mi |
| Stone Head | NW 304° | 418 m | 10.5 mi |
| Nells Hill | NNW 349° | 403 m | 7.4 mi |
| Sunset Rocks | W 276° | 402 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:03 | 16:46 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — York AP, 6 mi away.
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
Day trips start here
- York · 11 mi
- Hanover · 14 mi
- Gettysburg · 20 mi
- Shrewsbury · 21 mi
- Wrightsville · 21 mi
- Westminster · 30 mi
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