Powers Hill
Powers Hill rises to 171 m in Pennsylvania. Buzzard Peak stands 593 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is PA Artillery “Knap’s Battery E” Atwell, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 1.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063957, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 171 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 8.4 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 17.1 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 22.5 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 2 mi
- Chimney Rock · 17 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- PA Artillery “Knap’s Battery E” Atwell: 0.1 mi
- 1st NY Light Artillery Battery M Woodbury: 0.1 mi
- 1st MD Artillery Battery A “Rigby’s Battery” Rigby: 0.1 mi
- 77th NY “Bemis Heights Battalion” French: 0.1 mi
- 2nd US Artillery Battery B & L Heaton: 0.1 mi
- Gettysburg Recreational Park: 1.6 mi
- Gettysburg Municipal Authority: 2.4 mi
- West Fields: 2.5 mi
- Straban Township Park: 3.6 mi
- Norm Weaver Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
- Sheep Heaven: 0.8 mi
- Culps Hill: 1.0 mi
- Wolf's Hill: 1.0 mi
- Cemetery Hill: 1.2 mi
- Little Round Top: 1.3 mi
- Ford Motor Company Fund Education Center: 0.5 mi
- Gettysburg Museum: 0.5 mi
- Battlefield Military Museum: 0.9 mi
- Lincoln Train Museum: 1.2 mi
- Gettysburg Heritage Center: 1.2 mi
- Spangler's Spring: 0.6 mi
- Menchey’s Spring: 1.1 mi
- Katelysine Spring: 2.9 mi
- Koontz Spring: 8.3 mi
- Poplar Spring: 10.1 mi
- Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg: 0.4 mi
- Women's Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Return visit: 1.8 mi
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Statue: 9.8 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 11.1 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 15.4 mi
- Spiegle Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 15.8 mi
- Union Mills Reservoir Area: 15.9 mi
- Hahn Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 16.0 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 16.0 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 2.6 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 3.0 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 17.1 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 19.2 mi
- Fort Roller: 22.9 mi
- Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 11.8 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 17.3 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 20.0 mi
- Peace Garden: 23.4 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 23.5 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 11.1 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 21.2 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 3.0 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 8.4 mi
- Tartown: 12.3 mi
- Clermont Crag: 14.8 mi
- Beach Front: 15.8 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 17.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Powers Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buzzard Peak | W 274° | 593 m | 13.3 mi |
| The Knob | WNW 286° | 573 m | 12.3 mi |
| Virginia Rock | W 260° | 545 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Newman | WNW 296° | 544 m | 12.7 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | W 273° | 535 m | 13.3 mi |
| Wildcat Rocks | WSW 256° | 533 m | 13.5 mi |
| Briar Mountain | W 271° | 533 m | 14.3 mi |
| College Mountain | SW 226° | 520 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:05 | 16:48 |
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 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eisenhower NHS, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1184374 — Powers Hill, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357305082
Day trips start here
- Gettysburg · 2 mi
- Hanover · 13 mi
- Thurmont · 16 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 17 mi
- Westminster · 20 mi
- Chambersburg · 25 mi
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