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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: 24
  • 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 16.1 miles of Shocky Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DavisWNW979 m10.8 mi
Baughman RocksWNW961 m10.6 mi
Glade MountainWNW936 m12.2 mi
Zehner HillW914 m12.3 mi
High RockSSW910 m15.5 mi
Ringer HillW903 m11.6 mi
Maust HillW901 m11.9 mi
Vought RockWNW898 m10.2 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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