Quarry Hill
Quarry Hill rises to 523 m in Pennsylvania. Snowy Mountain stands 637 m to the south, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Quarry Gap Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 15 miles off.
The story
hill in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Wikidata Q49066013, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 523 m
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 17.5 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 23.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 28.2 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 16 mi
- Chimney Rock · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Quarry Gap Hill: 0.6 mi
- Chinquapin Hill: 0.7 mi
- Pleasant Peak: 1.0 mi
- Orebank Hill: 1.3 mi
- Wigwam Hill: 1.4 mi
- Caledonia Furnace: 1.5 mi
- 6th US Cavalry Regiment hospital marker: 9.3 mi
- Shippensburg University Coordinates: 9.3 mi
- Memorial Auditorium: 9.3 mi
- CS Jones VA Cavalry Brigade marker: 9.4 mi
- Guilford Township Norlo Park: 4.9 mi
- Greene Township Municipal Park: 6.0 mi
- Mont Alto State Park: 6.7 mi
- Nicholson Square Park: 7.9 mi
- Dykeman Park: 8.1 mi
- Cumberland Valley Railroad Museum: 9.0 mi
- Conrail Museum: 9.0 mi
- The Fashion Archives at Shippensburg University: 9.6 mi
- Appalachian Trail Museum: 12.0 mi
- National Apple Museum: 12.3 mi
- Knob Springs: 5.3 mi
- Falling Spring: 6.3 mi
- Travelers Spring: 6.5 mi
- Chestnut Spring: 6.6 mi
- Pearl Spring: 6.6 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 14.3 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 14.6 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 23.4 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 23.4 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 23.7 mi
- Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 6.7 mi
- Votive 8: 9.3 mi
- Founding Father's Memorial Statue: 9.3 mi
- Mouse Rock Statue: 9.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Bear Valley Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 18.4 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 1.2 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 8.8 mi
- State Game Lands Number 76: 17.3 mi
- Frank Bentz Pond Fish Management Area: 21.4 mi
- Frank E. Masland, Jr. Natural Area: 22.6 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 6.6 mi
- Peace Garden: 8.4 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 9.4 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 16.3 mi
- West Locust Community Garden: 24.7 mi
- Clermont Crag: 13.3 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 24.1 mi
- Tartown: 7.6 mi
- Beach Front: 13.2 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 14.3 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 17.7 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Quarry Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowy Mountain | S 184° | 637 m | 6.4 mi |
| Methodist Hill | N 11° | 631 m | 2.3 mi |
| Big Flat Tower | NE 39° | 628 m | 6.6 mi |
| Strasbaugh Hill | NE 53° | 605 m | 4.6 mi |
| Ram Hill | NE 51° | 595 m | 5.2 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | S 174° | 593 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mitten Hill | NE 40° | 587 m | 2.6 mi |
| Sier Hill | NE 43° | 586 m | 3.5 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 | 20:43 |
| 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: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 37 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S MTN, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1184532 — Quarry Hill, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357305289
Day trips start here
- Chambersburg · 9 mi
- Gettysburg · 15 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 19 mi
- Thurmont · 21 mi
- Hagerstown · 23 mi
- Mercersburg · 23 mi
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