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Second Mountain

Second Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Second Mountain rises to 587 m in Pennsylvania. Thickhead Mountain stands 733 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Tunnel Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 21 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49072115, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
587 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.83923, -77.47555
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
  • Potter Run Park: 8.3 mi
  • Mira Lloyd Dock Resource Conservation Center: 8.3 mi
  • Milroy Baseball Fields: 10.8 mi
  • Joyce Kilmer Monument: 10.9 mi
Springs: 42
  • Havice Spring: 2.8 mi
  • White Pine Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Mammoth Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Steel Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Cold Spring: 12.6 mi
Museums: 23
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 20
  • Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park: 7.7 mi
  • Red Candle Island: 11.7 mi
  • Beer Tap: 12.8 mi
  • Lewistown Armory: 15.7 mi
  • Deeded Square Inches: 16.6 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Gardens: 11
Picnic sites: 8
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Kish park beach access: 15.5 mi
  • Beach access to Kish Creek: 17.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 22.2 mi
  • Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 22.3 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Second Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thickhead MountainWSW 241°733 m13.1 mi
The WineheadN 3°724 m8.5 mi
Broad MountainSW 234°716 m12.4 mi
Big Kettle MountainNNW 345°688 m9.1 mi
Bald MountainSW 234°675 m10.2 mi
Strong MountainSSE 168°672 m4.1 mi
White MountainE 100°671 m4.9 mi
Thick MountainENE 65°671 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:3920:0420:46
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:3216:0216:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242735475867716961503930
Precip in3.02.33.33.63.94.03.94.04.43.63.13.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millheim, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1193313 — Second Mountain, Centre County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357322810

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