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Sauerkraut Hill

Sauerkraut Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Sauerkraut Hill rises to 177 m in Pennsylvania. Bake Oven Knob stands 483 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Howertown Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Delaware River Valley passes 15 miles off.

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49071515, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
177 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.70537, -75.45768

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Howertown Park: 0.9 mi
  • Northampton & Bath RR Bike Path Park: 1.3 mi
  • Wayne A. Grube Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
  • Weaversville County Park: 1.7 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Colonel John Siegfried Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Dam No. 6: 3.3 mi
  • Catasauqua Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Lehigh County Massacre Gravesite: 5.0 mi
  • Lime Kilns: 5.8 mi
Peaks
  • Klein Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Holiday Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Pinetop: 5.2 mi
  • Quaker Hill: 5.8 mi
Attractions
  • Dragon Cement Co. Inc. No 1: 6.3 mi
  • The Sun Inn: 7.0 mi
  • SteelStacks: 7.9 mi
  • C. F. Martin & Co., Inc. Factory: 8.7 mi
  • Cedar Creek Cannonball: 9.4 mi
Museums: 50
Gardens: 29
  • The Garden of Weedin: 3.5 mi
  • Jordan Creek Community Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Children's Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Louise W. Dimmick Colonial Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Miller's House Garden: 7.0 mi
Artworks: 19
  • Early Settlers Statue: 2.2 mi
  • John Amos Comenius Monument: 6.5 mi
  • Court Street Arts Alley: 7.1 mi
  • Nittany Lion Mascot Statue: 7.1 mi
  • Arts Walk Hamilton Connector: 7.1 mi
Springs: 14
  • Helfrichs Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Stempa Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Lehigh Park Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Poorhouse Spring: 9.9 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Picinic Table (C): 5.9 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 5.9 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 5.9 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 5.9 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 5.9 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 10.4 mi
  • Wild Creek Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Old Mill Falls: 17.6 mi
  • High Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 20.4 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 8.1 mi
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 9.3 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 15.6 mi
  • Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 18.2 mi
  • Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area: 6.1 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 15.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Sauerkraut Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bake Oven KnobWNW 282°483 m14.8 mi
Bears RocksW 277°475 m16.0 mi
Bauer RockS 174°317 m9.7 mi
Sandstone RidgeW 278°311 m7.4 mi
Gaffney HillESE 117°308 m11.9 mi
Flint HillSSE 155°308 m13.4 mi
KirchbergSE 137°305 m10.9 mi
South MountainSSE 151°301 m8.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3219:5620:37
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2315:5416:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303241526271767466554435
Precip in3.32.83.63.73.64.45.34.64.84.13.23.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allentown Lehigh VLY Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1187006 — Sauerkraut Hill, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357311519

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