Poke Hill
Poke Hill rises to 494 m in Pennsylvania. Snowy Mountain stands 637 m to the south, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Stony Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49062969, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 494 m
How to reach it
- 17.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 21.0 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 25.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 19 mi
- Chimney Rock · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Greene Township Municipal Park: 3.8 mi
- Dykeman Park: 4.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
- Guilford Township Norlo Park: 5.4 mi
- Eckels Field: 5.7 mi
- Caledonia Furnace: 5.0 mi
- Shippensburg University Coordinates: 5.9 mi
- Memorial Auditorium: 6.0 mi
- Camp Michaux: 10.1 mi
- Iron Furnace: 11.6 mi
- Stony Knob: 0.6 mi
- Methodist Hill: 2.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 2.7 mi
- Pleasant Peak: 3.1 mi
- Mitten Hill: 3.2 mi
- Cumberland Valley Railroad Museum: 5.6 mi
- Conrail Museum: 5.6 mi
- The Fashion Archives at Shippensburg University: 6.2 mi
- Appalachian Trail Museum: 11.7 mi
- National Apple Museum: 14.0 mi
- Falling Spring: 6.7 mi
- Tar Kettle Springs: 7.3 mi
- Knob Springs: 8.8 mi
- Travelers Spring: 9.4 mi
- Chestnut Spring: 9.4 mi
- Votive 8: 5.9 mi
- Mouse Rock Statue: 6.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Founding Father's Memorial Statue: 8.3 mi
- Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 9.3 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 4.7 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 8.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 76: 14.4 mi
- Frank E. Masland, Jr. Natural Area: 19.3 mi
- Hemlocks Natural Area: 19.9 mi
- Bear Valley Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Pavillon 3: 21.5 mi
- Pavillon 5: 21.5 mi
- Pavillon 4: 21.5 mi
- Pavillon 1: 21.5 mi
- Peace Garden: 5.0 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 6.1 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 9.2 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 15.4 mi
- West Locust Community Garden: 23.3 mi
- Clermont Crag: 16.5 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 21.0 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 17.4 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 17.7 mi
- Tartown: 11.1 mi
- Beach Front: 16.3 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 17.4 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 21.1 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Poke Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowy Mountain | S 174° | 637 m | 9.6 mi |
| Methodist Hill | ESE 116° | 631 m | 2.0 mi |
| Big Flat Tower | ENE 70° | 628 m | 5.9 mi |
| Strasbaugh Hill | E 94° | 605 m | 5.0 mi |
| Ram Hill | E 89° | 595 m | 5.4 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | SSE 169° | 593 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mitten Hill | ESE 112° | 587 m | 3.2 mi |
| Sier Hill | E 99° | 586 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 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: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 33 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shippensburg, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1184183 — Poke Hill, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357304758
Day trips start here
- Chambersburg · 8 mi
- Gettysburg · 18 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 23 mi
- Mercersburg · 23 mi
- Thurmont · 24 mi
- Hagerstown · 25 mi
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