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Pitchpine Ridge

Pitchpine Ridge, seen from above at true elevation

Pitchpine Ridge rises to 627 m in Pennsylvania. Thickhead Mountain stands 733 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is White Pine Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 23 miles off.

The story

ridge in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States

Wikidata Q49695324, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
627 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.80174, -77.44170

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
  • Mira Lloyd Dock Resource Conservation Center: 9.0 mi
  • McClure Station Park: 9.4 mi
  • Potter Run Park: 9.7 mi
  • Milroy Baseball Fields: 10.1 mi
Springs: 42
  • White Pine Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Havice Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Mammoth Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Cold Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Hickernell Spring: 12.7 mi
Museums: 23
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 20
  • Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park: 10.5 mi
  • Red Candle Island: 10.6 mi
  • Beer Tap: 13.9 mi
  • Lewistown Armory: 13.9 mi
  • Deeded Square Inches: 18.3 mi
Gardens: 11
Picnic sites: 8
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Kish park beach access: 13.7 mi
  • Beach access to Kish Creek: 15.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 22.8 mi
  • Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Pitchpine Ridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thickhead MountainWSW 254°733 m13.8 mi
The WineheadN 353°724 m11.2 mi
Broad MountainWSW 248°716 m12.7 mi
Big Kettle MountainNNW 340°688 m12.1 mi
Bald MountainWSW 251°675 m10.6 mi
Strong MountainSSW 211°672 m1.7 mi
White MountainENE 61°671 m3.5 mi
Thick MountainNE 40°671 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:3920:0420:45
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:3116:0216:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242735475867716961503930
Precip in3.02.33.33.63.94.03.94.04.43.63.13.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millheim, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/6056437154

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