Pine Knob
Pine Knob rises to 516 m in Pennsylvania. Snowy Mountain stands 637 m to the east-southeast, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Travelers Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49061656, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 516 m
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 14.5 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 17.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 22.8 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 16 mi
- Chimney Rock · 16 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 27 mi
- White Rocks · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mont Alto State Park: 0.8 mi
- Guilford Township Norlo Park: 5.3 mi
- Northside Park: 6.3 mi
- Downtown Parklette: 6.9 mi
- Old Log Cabin Park: 7.0 mi
- Montalto Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Oak Knob: 1.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 1.0 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Oak Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Caledonia Furnace: 4.8 mi
- 6th US Cavalry Regiment hospital marker: 8.5 mi
- CS Jones VA Cavalry Brigade marker: 8.6 mi
- Mason Dixon Line monument: 8.9 mi
- Jacobs Church: 10.2 mi
- Renfrew Farm & Museum: 7.3 mi
- Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 8.0 mi
- Cumberland Valley Railroad Museum: 14.2 mi
- Conrail Museum: 14.3 mi
- Hagerstown Aviation Museum: 14.4 mi
- Travelers Spring: 0.7 mi
- Chestnut Spring: 0.7 mi
- Pearl Spring: 0.8 mi
- Knob Springs: 4.5 mi
- Falling Spring: 5.5 mi
- Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 1.0 mi
- 42 West: 6.9 mi
- Founding Father's Memorial Statue: 9.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 12.3 mi
- St. Francis: 14.5 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 5.1 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Frank Bentz Pond Fish Management Area: 16.6 mi
- Sweeney, Carl and Rebecca Conservation: 17.7 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 18.8 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 13.8 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 14.1 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 17.7 mi
- Children's Village of Washington County: 17.9 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 19.1 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
- Peace Garden: 13.5 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 14.7 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 21.8 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 14.7 mi
- Bear Valley Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 14.9 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 22.4 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 24.8 mi
- Tartown: 4.4 mi
- Beach Front: 7.7 mi
- Clermont Crag: 8.1 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 13.8 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 15.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Pine Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowy Mountain | ESE 118° | 637 m | 2.0 mi |
| Methodist Hill | NNE 18° | 631 m | 8.2 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | SE 124° | 593 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mitten Hill | NNE 27° | 587 m | 8.4 mi |
| Sier Hill | NNE 30° | 586 m | 9.3 mi |
| The Knob | E 85° | 573 m | 4.4 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | NE 51° | 570 m | 1.4 mi |
| Rocky Knob | NNE 31° | 566 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:02 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:06 | 16:49 |
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 | 30 | 37 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S MTN, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1183849 — Pine Knob, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357304224
Day trips start here
- Chambersburg · 9 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 14 mi
- Gettysburg · 16 mi
- Thurmont · 16 mi
- Hagerstown · 17 mi
- Mercersburg · 20 mi
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