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Shocky Hill

Shocky Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Shocky Hill rises to 816 m in Pennsylvania. Mount Davis stands 979 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is State Game Lands Number 231, a nature reserve 2.7 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 4.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49073411, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
816 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.74981, -78.97864

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 26
  • Mason-Dixon marker: 4.5 mi
  • Salisbury Elk-Lick Veterans Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • The Castle - built 1840: 6.3 mi
  • Brownsville/Park Avenue Monument: 7.2 mi
  • buisness lot: 7.9 mi
Museums: 16
  • Meyersdale Area Historical Society: 5.1 mi
  • Mount Savage Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Frostburg Museum: 7.0 mi
  • Thrasher Carriage Museum: 7.0 mi
  • Springs Museum: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 4
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Art: 7.0 mi
  • Birdhouse: 18.6 mi
  • Blind Skier and Camper Art Installation: 22.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 3
  • Baughman Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Paterson Spring: 23.4 mi
  • White Sulphur Springs: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cole Run Falls: 22.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Shocky Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DavisWNW 283°979 m10.8 mi
Baughman RocksWNW 287°961 m10.6 mi
Glade MountainWNW 283°936 m12.2 mi
Zehner HillW 259°914 m12.3 mi
Big Savage MountainSSW 204°913 m15.5 mi
High RockSSW 204°910 m15.5 mi
Ringer HillW 266°903 m11.6 mi
Maust HillW 263°901 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:28
June solstice05:4920:0820:48
September equinox07:0418:3919:15
December solstice07:3416:1216:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735465664686660493930
Precip in3.02.73.73.54.34.34.13.73.63.02.73.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meyersdale 2 SSW, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357312372

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