Saxton Mountain
Saxton Mountain rises to 489 m in Pennsylvania. Blue Knob stands 953 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Stonerstown Recreational Park, a park 1.1 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49071685, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 489 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rogers Knob: 2.4 mi
- River Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Nagley Knob: 3.8 mi
- Riddlesburg Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Round Knob: 4.1 mi
- Stonerstown Recreational Park: 1.1 mi
- Weaver Falls Access Area: 2.4 mi
- Cooper Sawmill Recreation Area: 6.4 mi
- Martinsburg Youth Little League Field: 8.1 mi
- Povich Estates Park: 10.8 mi
- 0-6-0 Locomotive: 3.1 mi
- Captain Phillips' Rangers Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Post Office and General Store: 10.8 mi
- Oregon Camp: 11.8 mi
- Cove Valley Travel Plaza: 13.0 mi
- Friends of the East Broad Top: 6.6 mi
- Crawford's Museum & Gift Shop: 14.4 mi
- East Broad Top Railroad: 17.9 mi
- Rockhill Trolley Museum: 17.9 mi
- Old Bedford Village: 18.5 mi
- Diehl Spring: 5.7 mi
- Weynant Spring: 12.6 mi
- Chaltbeate Spring: 18.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 18.8 mi
- Indian Springs: 19.4 mi
- The Igloo: 15.1 mi
- Boot: 16.3 mi
- Golden Tiger Statue: 18.3 mi
- IRON: 18.8 mi
- The Paper Trail: 22.4 mi
- Old Cliffs: 16.7 mi
- Diechland Point: 16.9 mi
- The Little Point: 18.8 mi
- Herman Point: 18.8 mi
- Pulpit Rocks: 23.5 mi
- Sideling Hill Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Willow Springs Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Mowery Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Burnt House Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Bell Furnace Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Tank: 17.7 mi
- Old Duncansville Airmail field: 18.2 mi
- The Coffee Pot: 19.6 mi
- Three Crosses of Mapleton: 20.3 mi
- Engine House #6 Exhibit Building: 23.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 261: 6.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 53: 22.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 97: 22.8 mi
- Aitch: 12.2 mi
- Jarrett Falls: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Saxton Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Knob | WNW 288° | 953 m | 18.1 mi |
| Schaefer Head | WNW 295° | 898 m | 18.8 mi |
| Cattle Knob | WNW 296° | 865 m | 18.1 mi |
| Pine Knob | WNW 300° | 824 m | 17.0 mi |
| Coot Hill | WSW 238° | 757 m | 5.1 mi |
| Spruce Knob | WNW 295° | 751 m | 16.5 mi |
| Loop Mountain | NNW 331° | 750 m | 14.2 mi |
| Postethwait Mountain | WNW 299° | 739 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:06 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:08 | 16:51 |
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 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Altoona Blair CO AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1193297 — Saxton Mountain, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357322791
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