Pigeon Hills
Pigeon Hills rises to 557 m in Pennsylvania. Blue Knob stands 953 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bedford County Historical Society, a museum 1.8 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49061169, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 557 m
How to reach it
- 24.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sideling Hill Viewpoint · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kinton Knob: 3.6 mi
- Glade Pike Vista: 5.7 mi
- Central City Vista: 10.1 mi
- Keagy Hill: 10.3 mi
- Buffalo Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Bedford County Fairgrounds: 4.0 mi
- The Greens: 4.6 mi
- Fort Bedford Park: 4.8 mi
- The Square: 4.9 mi
- Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
- Fort Bedford Museum: 4.8 mi
- Pennsylvania Railroad bridge ruins: 5.9 mi
- Lime kiln: 5.9 mi
- Grand View Point Hotel: 9.8 mi
- Fort Dewart: 9.9 mi
- Bedford County Historical Society: 1.8 mi
- Old Bedford Village: 3.8 mi
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 4.9 mi
- Bedford Speedway Museum of Speed: 5.0 mi
- National Museum of the American Coverlet: 5.0 mi
- Linng Water Spring: 5.0 mi
- Chaltbeate Spring: 5.5 mi
- Limestone Spring: 5.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 5.9 mi
- Black Spring: 6.5 mi
- Blankley Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Burnt House Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Willow Springs Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Babcock Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Mowery Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Allegheny Front Hawk Watch: 8.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 97: 11.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 261: 17.3 mi
- Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center: 21.4 mi
- Kimberly Run Natural Area: 24.6 mi
- Diechland Point: 13.3 mi
- Herman Point: 16.3 mi
- The Little Point: 23.1 mi
- The Igloo: 11.9 mi
- Boot: 23.7 mi
- The Coffee Pot: 4.1 mi
- Turtle Falls: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Pigeon Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Knob | N 3° | 953 m | 15.6 mi |
| Schaefer Head | N 3° | 898 m | 18.0 mi |
| Cattle Knob | N 5° | 865 m | 18.1 mi |
| Cover Hill | WSW 251° | 863 m | 24.2 mi |
| Round Top | NNW 344° | 849 m | 14.2 mi |
| Round Knob | N 3° | 846 m | 16.9 mi |
| Pine Knob | N 10° | 824 m | 18.9 mi |
| Vickrey Mountain | N 353° | 821 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:10 | 16:53 |
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 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wolfsburg, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1183715 — Pigeon Hills, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357303972
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- Somerset · 27 mi
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