Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 399 m in Pennsylvania. Osterhout Mountain stands 589 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Nicholson Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49064226, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 399 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 10.2 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
- 14.9 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nordahl Park: 1.8 mi
- Tom Bell Park: 2.3 mi
- Mary Karhnak Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
- Benton Township Park: 4.6 mi
- Christy Mathewson Park: 5.9 mi
- Nicholson Hill: 1.1 mi
- Thayer Hill: 2.1 mi
- Dry Hill: 2.7 mi
- Strickland Hill: 3.3 mi
- Pine Hill: 3.3 mi
- H. James Saxton and Donald Sherwood monument: 2.1 mi
- Caboose: 9.1 mi
- AT&T Long Lines RANSOM Facility Historical Site: 13.9 mi
- Birthplace of First Aid: 14.2 mi
- WW1, WW1, Korean War: 14.2 mi
- Gardner Spencer Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Ziegler Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Messimer Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Little Rocky Glen Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Gateway Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 16.5 mi
- Worthington Scranton Statue: 16.5 mi
- Penn State Nittany Lion: 17.4 mi
- Faith - Hope - Love Veterans Memorial: 17.7 mi
- Jason Miller: 17.7 mi
- Houdini Museum: 16.1 mi
- Anthracite Museum: 16.4 mi
- Lackawana Coal Mine Tour: 16.4 mi
- Electric City Trolley Museum: 17.4 mi
- 1902 Roundhouse & Technology Museum: 17.6 mi
- Tunkhannock Viaduct: 1.8 mi
- Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 13.5 mi
- A Very Old Barn: 18.7 mi
- Tundra Tornado: 21.4 mi
- Iceberg Alley Luge: 21.5 mi
- Prayer Garden: 17.5 mi
- Mulberry Plaza: 17.8 mi
- Lower Quad: 18.0 mi
- Upper Quad: 18.0 mi
- R. N, Davis Memorial Garden: 18.4 mi
- Salt Springs: 18.6 mi
- The Salt Spring: 18.7 mi
- Spencer Spring: 19.6 mi
- Roadside Rest: 15.8 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 23.1 mi
- Nay Aug Falls: 18.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Falls: 24.2 mi
- Campbell's Ledge: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osterhout Mountain | SW 220° | 589 m | 10.2 mi |
| Thorn Hill | E 92° | 552 m | 7.3 mi |
| Newton Hill | SE 134° | 514 m | 9.7 mi |
| Wilbur Hill | S 177° | 504 m | 10.0 mi |
| Carey Hill | NE 55° | 498 m | 8.6 mi |
| Morgan Hill | NNE 20° | 495 m | 7.0 mi |
| Weatherby Hill | SE 141° | 481 m | 9.7 mi |
| East Mountain | SSW 205° | 475 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:00 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:52 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montrose, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357305179
Day trips start here
- Factoryville · 6 mi
- Clarks Summit · 11 mi
- Endless Mountains · 12 mi
- Scranton · 17 mi
- Dunmore · 18 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 23 mi
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