Round Top
Round Top rises to 401 m in Pennsylvania. Lewis Rocks stands 527 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Wright Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 20 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 401 m
How to reach it
- 20.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 28.0 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 28.1 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
- 29.5 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Toboggan Run Rocks: 3.2 mi
- Past Presidents Honorary Venue: 5.0 mi
- Bicentennial Plaza Dedication: 9.5 mi
- Owen's Garden: 9.7 mi
- Willow Park Tree Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Memorial Flag Pole: 13.6 mi
- Indian Echo Caverns: 15.1 mi
- Haines Shoe House: 16.9 mi
- Candymonium: 18.9 mi
- Hershey's Chocolate World: 18.9 mi
- Wright Knob: 1.0 mi
- Pinetown Hill: 1.0 mi
- Flat Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Johns Knob: 1.5 mi
- Nells Hill: 1.6 mi
- Quaker Race Day Use Area: 2.6 mi
- Warrington Township Municipal Park: 2.6 mi
- Conewago Day Use Area: 3.0 mi
- Chestnut Park (Carroll Township): 3.1 mi
- Lewisberry Borough Park: 4.4 mi
- The Oakes Museum of Natural History: 5.0 mi
- Equipment Museum: 6.5 mi
- Boiler Room Museum: 6.6 mi
- Mechanicsburg Museum Association: 8.8 mi
- Eastern Museum of MotorSports Racing: 10.0 mi
- Sundial: 6.7 mi
- River Cow: 9.4 mi
- Lion Statue: 10.1 mi
- Cow Statue: 10.1 mi
- Harrisburg Giants mural: 10.8 mi
- State Game Lands Number 242: 1.9 mi
- Peiffer Memorial Arboretum and Nature Preserve: 8.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 275: 10.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 305: 10.4 mi
- Governor Stable: 12.3 mi
- Grantham Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Special Needs Garden: 6.7 mi
- Camp Hill Literacy Garden: 9.3 mi
- Five Senses Garden: 11.3 mi
- Heart of the Community Garden: 11.4 mi
- Spring Lake Spring: 8.6 mi
- Eichelberger Spring: 8.7 mi
- Orr's Bridge Spring: 9.5 mi
- Letort Spring: 14.7 mi
- Alexander Spring: 18.4 mi
- Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Original Carrousel Circle: 19.0 mi
- Concrete Beach: 10.8 mi
- Chickies Rock: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Round Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Rocks | WSW 255° | 527 m | 24.1 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | W 263° | 489 m | 23.5 mi |
| Buck Ridge Tower | W 263° | 488 m | 18.1 mi |
| Third Mountain | NNE 16° | 488 m | 22.7 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WSW 244° | 487 m | 22.0 mi |
| Long Mountain | W 264° | 479 m | 10.2 mi |
| Hammonds Rocks | W 262° | 462 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mount Holly | W 269° | 459 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:03 | 16:46 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg Capital City AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1185542 — Round Top, York County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357306531
Day trips start here
- York · 14 mi
- Hanover · 21 mi
- Wrightsville · 22 mi
- Gettysburg · 25 mi
- Shrewsbury · 27 mi
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