Short Knob
Short Knob rises to 570 m in Pennsylvania. The Winehead stands 724 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Snyder-Middleswarth Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.3 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 24 miles off.
The story
mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wikidata Q49073466, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 570 m
How to reach it
- 24.4 mi off the Bucktail Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Hightop: 1.0 mi
- Short Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Pine Ridge: 1.6 mi
- Penns Creek Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Buck Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Monument: 5.7 mi
- McClure Station Park: 7.1 mi
- Lincoln Park: 7.3 mi
- Basom Park: 11.8 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park: 11.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 3.0 mi
- Sheep Pen Spring: 5.2 mi
- Potpie Spring: 5.4 mi
- Hickernell Spring: 7.2 mi
- White Pine Spring: 7.8 mi
- Railroad Bed Historical Marker: 7.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.8 mi
- James Beck Round Barn: 17.0 mi
- Captain Green Monument: 17.9 mi
- Indian Monument: 19.2 mi
- Mifflinburg Buggy Museum: 14.4 mi
- Mifflinburg Historical Society Museum: 14.6 mi
- McCoy House: 20.9 mi
- Rhoneymeade Arboretum & Sculpture Garden: 22.9 mi
- Lewisburg Children's Museum: 23.1 mi
- Poe Valley State Park: 10.1 mi
- State Game Lands Number 201: 12.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 107: 13.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 194: 18.3 mi
- Northeast Fishery Center: 18.9 mi
- Snyder-Middleswarth Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
- Rock Springs Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Hairy Johns PIcnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Tea Springs Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- St. Agnes Picnic Grounds: 24.2 mi
- Red Candle Island: 3.7 mi
- Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park: 18.0 mi
- Lewistown Armory: 19.0 mi
- Beer Tap: 22.1 mi
- J. Doyle Corman Amphitheater and Floating Stage: 24.4 mi
- Chimney Rock Overlook: 2.9 mi
- "Holy Toledo" roadcut: 18.6 mi
- Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir: 18.8 mi
- Long Lane Flower & Garden: 11.9 mi
- Tripollinator Garden: 20.7 mi
- Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 18.2 mi
- Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 18.3 mi
- Rosecran Falls: 18.8 mi
- Rosecrans Falls: 18.8 mi
- Kish park beach access: 19.0 mi
- Beach access to Kish Creek: 20.8 mi
- Ingleby: 8.4 mi
- The Lorax Statue: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Short Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Winehead | NW 318° | 724 m | 14.5 mi |
| Strong Mountain | W 260° | 672 m | 9.3 mi |
| White Mountain | WNW 286° | 671 m | 5.4 mi |
| Thick Mountain | NW 325° | 671 m | 6.4 mi |
| Winkelblech Mountain | NNW 342° | 668 m | 8.2 mi |
| Shriner Mountain | NNW 341° | 665 m | 10.1 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | N 2° | 660 m | 5.7 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | W 267° | 659 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:03 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:01 | 16:45 |
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 | 32 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 42 | 33 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laurelton CTR, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1187596 — Short Knob, Snyder County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357312417
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