Round Top
Round Top rises to 660 m in Pennsylvania. Clarks Knob stands 709 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Pavillon 4, a picnic site 1.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America; geonames ID = 5209153.
Wikidata Q49070055, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 660 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Round Top: 2.0 mi
- Rising Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Big Round Top: 2.2 mi
- Eckenrode Knob: 2.6 mi
- Price Knob: 4.1 mi
- Tuscarora Valley Heritage Days: 6.7 mi
- New Germantown Park: 7.4 mi
- Lurgan Township Recreation Center: 9.6 mi
- Kansas Valley Park Area: 9.7 mi
- Harpers Memorial Park: 10.4 mi
- statue of creebis: 10.8 mi
- Henrys Tannery: 11.8 mi
- Sundy Place: 11.9 mi
- Shippensburg University Coordinates: 15.4 mi
- Memorial Auditorium: 15.4 mi
- Big Spring: 1.9 mi
- Cool Spring: 16.1 mi
- Sand Springs: 16.1 mi
- Bucher Spring: 22.0 mi
- Swarey Spring: 22.5 mi
- Rockhill Trolley Museum: 11.4 mi
- East Broad Top Railroad: 11.4 mi
- The Fashion Archives at Shippensburg University: 15.1 mi
- Conrail Museum: 15.7 mi
- Cumberland Valley Railroad Museum: 15.7 mi
- Pavillon 4: 1.8 mi
- Pavillon 3: 1.8 mi
- Pavillon 2: 1.8 mi
- Pavillon 1: 1.8 mi
- Pavillon 5: 2.0 mi
- Hemlocks Natural Area: 2.4 mi
- Frank E. Masland, Jr. Natural Area: 8.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 215: 10.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 76: 11.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 88: 18.1 mi
- IRON: 10.5 mi
- Mouse Rock Statue: 15.2 mi
- Votive 8: 15.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 17.2 mi
- Founding Father's Memorial Statue: 21.2 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 10.7 mi
- Old Cliffs: 21.5 mi
- Hunter Rock: 23.1 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 15.5 mi
- Peace Garden: 15.9 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 24.3 mi
- Three Crosses of Mapleton: 16.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Round Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Knob | SSW 194° | 709 m | 13.9 mi |
| Butler Knob | WNW 283° | 708 m | 15.3 mi |
| Round Knob | W 267° | 699 m | 21.3 mi |
| Eckenrode Knob | SE 138° | 683 m | 2.6 mi |
| Big Round Top | ENE 64° | 672 m | 2.2 mi |
| Stone Mountain | NNW 338° | 668 m | 22.6 mi |
| Fenton Knob | E 95° | 664 m | 4.3 mi |
| Rising Mountain | SSE 147° | 662 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:04 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:05 | 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, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1185544 — Round Top, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357306539
Day trips start here
- Chambersburg · 21 mi
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