Spook Hill
Spook Hill rises to 770 m in Pennsylvania. Mount Davis stands 979 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Birch Rock Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wikidata Q49076562, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 770 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
- 19.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
- 21.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 22.8 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Paradise Overlook · 12 mi
- Point Lookout · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Birch Rock Hill: 1.4 mi
- Fowl Hill: 2.9 mi
- Painter Rock Hill: 3.1 mi
- 2768 feet: 3.5 mi
- Jockey Knob: 4.9 mi
- Roaring Run Natural Area: 2.7 mi
- Laurel Hill State Park: 4.2 mi
- Laural Ridge State Park: 4.6 mi
- Laurel Hill Park: 5.5 mi
- Kooser State Park: 5.8 mi
- Laurel Ridge State Park XC Skiing Concession Building: 5.7 mi
- Fallingwater: 11.2 mi
- Flatrock: 14.7 mi
- Kentuck Knob Visitor's Center: 14.9 mi
- Tipping Bucket: 15.9 mi
- Mt. Hope School: 3.0 mi
- CCC Monument: 5.6 mi
- Quecreek Mine Accident And Rescue: 13.5 mi
- Monument for Life: 13.5 mi
- Mount Pleasant WWI Memorial: 13.7 mi
- Laurel Hill Visitor Center: 5.6 mi
- Powdermill Nature Center: 9.5 mi
- Powder Mill Nature Reserve: 9.5 mi
- Speyer Gallery: 11.2 mi
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 15.0 mi
- Wolf Rocks: 10.3 mi
- Ninety Foot Rocks: 10.7 mi
- Beam Rocks: 11.7 mi
- Baughman Rock Overlook: 14.9 mi
- Jumonville Glen: 19.3 mi
- Laurel Summit State Park: 10.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 50: 15.1 mi
- Kimberly Run Natural Area: 16.3 mi
- Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve: 18.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 271: 18.2 mi
- Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve Colonial Garden: 17.9 mi
- Monastic Garden Area: 18.1 mi
- The Chateau Gardens: 19.5 mi
- Formal Garden: 19.9 mi
- Penn State Master Gardeners’ Richard E. Thorn Memorial Gardens: 21.0 mi
- Paterson Spring: 3.7 mi
- Kooser Spring: 4.9 mi
- Baughman Spring: 18.5 mi
- Cool Spring: 19.4 mi
- Cole Run Falls: 4.9 mi
- Sugar Run Falls: 12.0 mi
- Ohiopyle Falls: 14.2 mi
- Cucumber Falls: 14.7 mi
- Birdhouse: 13.6 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 22.4 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson and Albert Gallatin: 22.6 mi
- Tharp Knob Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Cucumber Run Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Slovak Club Picnic Grounds: 19.7 mi
- Watering Trough: 21.1 mi
- US-219 Cove Overlook Rest Area: 24.5 mi
- Youghiogheny Overlook Welcome Center: 24.6 mi
- West Overton: 13.6 mi
- Keystone Beach: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Spook Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Davis | SSE 154° | 979 m | 18.9 mi |
| Baughman Rocks | SSE 152° | 961 m | 18.6 mi |
| Glade Mountain | SSE 157° | 936 m | 18.1 mi |
| 2768 feet | ENE 79° | 923 m | 3.5 mi |
| Ringer Hill | SSE 160° | 903 m | 21.6 mi |
| Maust Hill | SSE 161° | 901 m | 22.1 mi |
| Vought Rock | SSE 147° | 898 m | 17.8 mi |
| Painter Rock Hill | NE 38° | 893 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:13 | 16:56 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hidden Valley, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1188188 — Spook Hill, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357313352
Day trips start here
- Donegal · 6 mi
- Somerset · 13 mi
- Connellsville · 14 mi
- Ohiopyle · 14 mi
- New Stanton · 19 mi
- Greensburg · 21 mi
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