Piney Mountain
Piney Mountain rises to 513 m in Pennsylvania. Snowy Mountain stands 637 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Ram Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Hill in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Wikidata Q49061974, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 513 m
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 18.0 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 28.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 14 mi
- Chimney Rock · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ram Hill: 1.5 mi
- Strasbaugh Hill: 1.6 mi
- Sier Hill: 2.7 mi
- Rocky Knob: 2.8 mi
- Big Flat Tower: 3.0 mi
- Camp Michaux: 5.9 mi
- Caledonia Furnace: 6.0 mi
- Iron Furnace: 6.6 mi
- Brickyard: 6.6 mi
- Manor of Maske: 7.8 mi
- Pine Grove Furnace State Park: 7.3 mi
- Southampton Park: 8.0 mi
- Oakside Community Park: 8.5 mi
- Dog Playground: 8.5 mi
- Dykeman Park: 8.8 mi
- Appalachian Trail Museum: 6.6 mi
- National Apple Museum: 7.5 mi
- Cumberland Valley Railroad Museum: 9.5 mi
- Conrail Museum: 9.6 mi
- The Fashion Archives at Shippensburg University: 10.1 mi
- Tar Kettle Springs: 3.3 mi
- Poplar Spring: 7.2 mi
- Knob Springs: 7.6 mi
- Bucher Spring: 10.5 mi
- Katelysine Spring: 11.0 mi
- Votive 8: 9.8 mi
- Mouse Rock Statue: 10.0 mi
- Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 11.6 mi
- Return visit: 12.3 mi
- Women's Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 5.8 mi
- State Game Lands Number 305: 17.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 76: 20.5 mi
- Cave Hill Nature Center: 20.9 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 9.6 mi
- Peace Garden: 9.7 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 11.2 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 11.6 mi
- West Locust Community Garden: 19.8 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 19.4 mi
- Bear Valley Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 12.8 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 12.9 mi
- Clermont Crag: 16.4 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 22.4 mi
- Tartown: 10.3 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 12.8 mi
- Beach Front: 16.6 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 17.9 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowy Mountain | SSW 213° | 637 m | 10.4 mi |
| Methodist Hill | W 270° | 631 m | 4.7 mi |
| Big Flat Tower | NNW 341° | 628 m | 3.0 mi |
| Strasbaugh Hill | WNW 288° | 605 m | 1.6 mi |
| Ram Hill | NW 313° | 595 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mitten Hill | W 265° | 587 m | 3.5 mi |
| Sier Hill | W 276° | 586 m | 2.7 mi |
| The Knob | SSW 202° | 573 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:05 | 16:48 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cashtown 1S, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357322473
Day trips start here
- Gettysburg · 12 mi
- Chambersburg · 15 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 22 mi
- Thurmont · 23 mi
- Hanover · 24 mi
- Hagerstown · 28 mi
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