Sand Mountain
Sand Mountain rises to 554 m in Pennsylvania. The Winehead stands 724 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bake Oven Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Union County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49071261, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 554 m
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the Bucktail Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Bake Oven Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Naked Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Seven Notch Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Jones Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Round Knob: 2.2 mi
- Sand Bridge State Park: 1.9 mi
- R. B. Winter State Park: 2.1 mi
- McCall Field: 3.4 mi
- Harry Haney Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
- Mifflinburg Community Park: 7.7 mi
- The Little Bubbler: 2.3 mi
- Tea Spring: 3.1 mi
- Ice Spring: 3.4 mi
- Hemlock Spring: 6.2 mi
- Horse Path Spring: 7.0 mi
- Captain Green Monument: 3.8 mi
- 1800's Susquehanna Log Boom Cribs: 15.6 mi
- Castenea War Memorial: 16.7 mi
- Historic Plane: 17.1 mi
- Allison Crane Bulldozer Blade: 17.3 mi
- Mifflinburg Historical Society Museum: 8.0 mi
- Mifflinburg Buggy Museum: 8.0 mi
- Lewisburg Children's Museum: 13.8 mi
- Clinton Central Model Railroad Club: 17.0 mi
- Piper Aviation Museum: 17.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 201: 9.9 mi
- Linn Conservancy: 14.5 mi
- State Game Lands Number 193: 15.1 mi
- Torbert Island Natural Area: 17.9 mi
- Northeast Fishery Center: 20.0 mi
- Little League Statue: 17.4 mi
- student bodies: 17.4 mi
- Motorcycle: 17.5 mi
- Mighty Casey: 18.1 mi
- Bases Loaded (D): 18.2 mi
- Tea Springs Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Hairy Johns PIcnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Rock Springs Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Snyder-Middleswarth Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Lock Port Picnic and Boat Launch: 17.7 mi
- Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 3.3 mi
- Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 3.5 mi
- Montour County Rest Area Eastbound: 21.5 mi
- Montour County Rest Area Westbound: 22.1 mi
- Chimney Rock Overlook: 13.2 mi
- "Holy Toledo" roadcut: 13.3 mi
- Fishery Point: 21.0 mi
- Fisher Point: 24.9 mi
- STREAM Garden: 18.7 mi
- Long Lane Flower & Garden: 18.9 mi
- Tripollinator Garden: 19.5 mi
- Butterfly Gardens: 20.5 mi
- Rosecran Falls: 10.4 mi
- Rosecrans Falls: 10.4 mi
- Red Candle Island: 11.6 mi
- J. Doyle Corman Amphitheater and Floating Stage: 17.8 mi
- Ingleby: 18.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Sand Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Winehead | W 261° | 724 m | 16.8 mi |
| Riansares Mountain | WNW 286° | 706 m | 12.4 mi |
| Thick Mountain | SW 232° | 671 m | 13.5 mi |
| White Mountain | SW 225° | 671 m | 17.2 mi |
| Winkelblech Mountain | WSW 239° | 668 m | 11.1 mi |
| Shriner Mountain | WSW 249° | 665 m | 11.0 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | SW 221° | 660 m | 10.3 mi |
| Jones Mountain | SSE 163° | 659 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:03 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:00 | 16:44 |
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 | 28 | 32 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 42 | 33 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laurelton CTR, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357322776
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