Short Mountain
Short Mountain rises to 517 m in Pennsylvania. The Winehead stands 724 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Springs Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.6 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 24 miles off.
The story
mountain in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wikidata Q49073484, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 517 m
How to reach it
- 24.1 mi off the Bucktail Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Hightop: 1.0 mi
- Grass Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Short Knob: 1.5 mi
- Front Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Penns Creek Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Monument: 5.0 mi
- Lincoln Park: 5.9 mi
- McClure Station Park: 8.2 mi
- Keene Community Park: 10.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 11.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 1.4 mi
- Sheep Pen Spring: 3.7 mi
- Potpie Spring: 3.9 mi
- Hickernell Spring: 6.1 mi
- Cinder Pile Spring: 7.4 mi
- Railroad Bed Historical Marker: 8.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Captain Green Monument: 16.8 mi
- James Beck Round Barn: 17.9 mi
- Indian Monument: 20.3 mi
- Mifflinburg Buggy Museum: 12.9 mi
- Mifflinburg Historical Society Museum: 13.1 mi
- Lewisburg Children's Museum: 21.6 mi
- McCoy House: 22.4 mi
- Clinton Central Model Railroad Club: 23.2 mi
- Poe Valley State Park: 11.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 201: 11.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 107: 15.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 194: 17.7 mi
- Northeast Fishery Center: 19.2 mi
- Rock Springs Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Snyder-Middleswarth Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
- Hairy Johns PIcnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Tea Springs Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- St. Agnes Picnic Grounds: 23.9 mi
- Red Candle Island: 2.5 mi
- Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park: 19.0 mi
- Lewistown Armory: 20.5 mi
- Beer Tap: 23.5 mi
- J. Doyle Corman Amphitheater and Floating Stage: 24.1 mi
- Chimney Rock Overlook: 2.8 mi
- "Holy Toledo" roadcut: 18.2 mi
- Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir: 20.2 mi
- Long Lane Flower & Garden: 12.6 mi
- Tripollinator Garden: 19.5 mi
- Butterfly Gardens: 24.9 mi
- Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 17.0 mi
- Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 17.1 mi
- Rosecran Falls: 18.1 mi
- Rosecrans Falls: 18.2 mi
- Kish park beach access: 20.6 mi
- Beach access to Kish Creek: 22.3 mi
- The Lorax Statue: 24.4 mi
- Bald Eagle Statue: 24.8 mi
- Ingleby: 9.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Short Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Winehead | NW 313° | 724 m | 14.8 mi |
| Strong Mountain | WSW 256° | 672 m | 10.7 mi |
| White Mountain | W 276° | 671 m | 6.5 mi |
| Thick Mountain | NW 311° | 671 m | 6.6 mi |
| Winkelblech Mountain | NNW 331° | 668 m | 7.9 mi |
| Shriner Mountain | NNW 332° | 665 m | 9.8 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | NNW 348° | 660 m | 5.0 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | W 263° | 659 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357312428
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