Pike's Peak
Pike's Peak rises to 868 m in Pennsylvania. 2768 feet stands 923 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wikidata Q49061219, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 868 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Paradise Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Laurel Ridge State Park: 3.7 mi
- Laurel Mountain Park: 3.8 mi
- Weller Field: 6.8 mi
- Ligonier Diamond: 6.9 mi
- Linn Run State Park: 7.2 mi
- Middle Hill: 0.6 mi
- Pine Hill: 0.8 mi
- Mystery Hill: 1.1 mi
- Penrod Hill: 1.6 mi
- Sugar Camp Hill: 1.6 mi
- Jack Be Nimble: 9.1 mi
- Hush A Bye Baby: 9.1 mi
- Hickory Dickory Dock: 9.1 mi
- Humpty Dumpty: 9.2 mi
- The Elf Pond: 9.2 mi
- Fort Ligonier: 6.9 mi
- Monument for Life: 9.2 mi
- Quecreek Mine Accident And Rescue: 9.2 mi
- John P. Murtha Statue: 12.7 mi
- Rolling Mills Mine Disaster: 12.8 mi
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 6.9 mi
- William H Hoppee Quemahoning Dam & Steelmaking Museum: 8.4 mi
- Powder Mill Nature Reserve: 9.0 mi
- Powdermill Nature Center: 9.0 mi
- Conemaugh Township Area Historical Society: 9.4 mi
- Laurel Summit State Park: 7.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls Natural Area: 14.7 mi
- Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve: 15.9 mi
- Kimberly Run Natural Area: 16.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 50: 17.0 mi
- Beam Rocks: 5.8 mi
- Wolf Rocks: 6.7 mi
- Ninety Foot Rocks: 6.7 mi
- Laurel Hill: 13.9 mi
- Suncliff: 24.4 mi
- Laurel Ave Community Garden: 13.2 mi
- Monastic Garden Area: 15.8 mi
- Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve Colonial Garden: 16.0 mi
- Penn State Master Gardeners’ Richard E. Thorn Memorial Gardens: 21.5 mi
- Formal Garden: 22.6 mi
- Turtle Falls: 13.4 mi
- Hinckston Falls: 16.2 mi
- Cole Run Falls: 18.7 mi
- Wehrum: 20.0 mi
- Livermore: 20.9 mi
- West Overton: 24.8 mi
- Kooser Spring: 12.3 mi
- Paterson Spring: 18.0 mi
- Morley’s Dog: 13.0 mi
- Birdhouse: 14.1 mi
- Slovak Club Picnic Grounds: 13.6 mi
- Babcock Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Keystone Beach: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pike's Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2768 feet | SW 215° | 923 m | 14.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | SW 216° | 893 m | 8.1 mi |
| Painter Rock Hill | SW 225° | 893 m | 13.9 mi |
| Birch Rock Hill | SW 224° | 891 m | 15.6 mi |
| Sugar Camp Hill | NNE 23° | 887 m | 1.6 mi |
| Pea Vine Hill | SW 225° | 886 m | 2.9 mi |
| Mystery Hill | NNE 27° | 878 m | 1.1 mi |
| Irwin Hill | NNE 32° | 868 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:53 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:09 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:11 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 62 | 66 | 65 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laurel Summit, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1183734 — Pikes Peak, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357303993
Day trips start here
- Somerset · 14 mi
- Donegal · 16 mi
- Greensburg · 23 mi
- New Stanton · 26 mi
- Connellsville · 29 mi
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