Sheldon Hill
Sheldon Hill rises to 396 m in Pennsylvania. Forkston Mountain stands 715 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Jennings Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wikidata Q49073131, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 396 m
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 7.3 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
- 23.9 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jennings Hill: 1.4 mi
- Craig Hill: 1.7 mi
- Ellsworth Hill: 1.9 mi
- Meachem Hill: 2.0 mi
- Round Top: 2.1 mi
- Lazy Brook Park: 7.8 mi
- McCord Park: 7.9 mi
- Bob Massaker Sports Complex: 8.1 mi
- Feed Mill Park: 8.2 mi
- Lee Baumgartner Sports Complex: 8.6 mi
- H. James Saxton and Donald Sherwood monument: 9.8 mi
- Friedenshutten Monument: 14.1 mi
- Caboose: 15.3 mi
- Lime Hill Marker: 17.5 mi
- AT&T Long Lines RANSOM Facility Historical Site: 19.3 mi
- Little Rocky Glen Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Gateway Preserve: 14.5 mi
- Ziegler Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Gardner Spencer Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Quarry Ridge Preserve: 15.4 mi
- Wyalusing Valley Museum: 15.4 mi
- French Azilum Historic Site: 18.9 mi
- Anthracite Museum: 20.8 mi
- Lackawana Coal Mine Tour: 20.9 mi
- Houdini Museum: 21.8 mi
- Faith - Hope - Love Veterans Memorial: 23.0 mi
- 'The Office' Mural: 23.1 mi
- Jason Miller: 23.1 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 23.1 mi
- Worthington Scranton Statue: 23.1 mi
- Prayer Garden: 22.9 mi
- Mulberry Plaza: 23.3 mi
- Lower Quad: 23.4 mi
- Upper Quad: 23.5 mi
- R. N, Davis Memorial Garden: 24.1 mi
- Tunkhannock Viaduct: 9.9 mi
- Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 16.7 mi
- A Very Old Barn: 18.6 mi
- Laporte House: 18.8 mi
- Salt Springs: 18.4 mi
- The Salt Spring: 18.5 mi
- Roadside Rest: 11.4 mi
- Campbell's Ledge: 22.2 mi
- Nay Aug Falls: 24.2 mi
- Ricketts: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Sheldon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forkston Mountain | SSW 207° | 715 m | 11.7 mi |
| Miller Mountain | S 177° | 672 m | 11.4 mi |
| Osterhout Mountain | SSE 158° | 589 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mehoopany Mountain | SW 216° | 578 m | 9.5 mi |
| Doll Mountain | SSW 208° | 520 m | 9.8 mi |
| East Mountain | SE 140° | 475 m | 10.1 mi |
| Dean Hill | NE 35° | 470 m | 7.6 mi |
| Little Round Top | SW 232° | 469 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:00 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:52 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montrose, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357312177
Day trips start here
- Endless Mountains · 4 mi
- Factoryville · 11 mi
- Clarks Summit · 17 mi
- Scranton · 23 mi
- Dunmore · 24 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 28 mi
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