Stone Head
Stone Head rises to 418 m in Pennsylvania. Big Flat Tower stands 628 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is BB Gun Range, a park 0.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49078320, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 418 m
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 28.5 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 28.7 mi off the Old Main Streets
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Center Point Knob: 2.9 mi
- York Springs: 5.0 mi
- Past Presidents Honorary Venue: 7.5 mi
- 8th Armored Division: 8.8 mi
- 88th Infantry "Blue Devil" Division: 8.8 mi
- BB Gun Range: 0.5 mi
- Archery Range: 0.5 mi
- Athletic Field: 0.6 mi
- Grass Area: 0.6 mi
- Conoy Site: 0.6 mi
- Long Mountain: 1.3 mi
- The Peak: 2.3 mi
- White Rocks: 2.7 mi
- Center Point Knob: 2.9 mi
- Fickels Hill: 3.5 mi
- Eastern Museum of MotorSports Racing: 4.4 mi
- Ye Olde Sulphur Spa Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- Equipment Museum: 5.4 mi
- Boiler Room Museum: 5.4 mi
- The Oakes Museum of Natural History: 7.5 mi
- Sundial: 8.5 mi
- Liberation Pointe: 9.1 mi
- Benjamin Rush: 9.7 mi
- River Cow: 13.0 mi
- Lion Statue: 14.4 mi
- Grantham Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Special Needs Garden: 8.5 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 9.2 mi
- West Locust Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Camp Hill Literacy Garden: 13.8 mi
- State Game Lands Number 305: 2.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 242: 7.2 mi
- Cave Hill Nature Center: 10.7 mi
- Peiffer Memorial Arboretum and Nature Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 15.0 mi
- Letort Spring: 7.9 mi
- Alexander Spring: 10.7 mi
- Bucher Spring: 11.5 mi
- Orr's Bridge Spring: 13.0 mi
- Spring Lake Spring: 13.5 mi
- Dellville Covered Bridge: 19.3 mi
- Memorial Flag Pole: 21.5 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 21.9 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 22.1 mi
- Indian Echo Caverns: 23.1 mi
- Concrete Beach: 16.0 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 22.1 mi
- Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Stone Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Flat Tower | WSW 251° | 628 m | 17.6 mi |
| Strasbaugh Hill | WSW 245° | 605 m | 18.9 mi |
| Ram Hill | WSW 246° | 595 m | 18.4 mi |
| Lewis Rocks | WSW 251° | 527 m | 15.2 mi |
| Piney Mountain | WSW 241° | 513 m | 17.8 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | W 263° | 489 m | 14.5 mi |
| Buck Ridge Tower | W 265° | 488 m | 9.1 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SW 233° | 487 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:04 | 16:47 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlisle WTP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1188721 — Stone Head, York County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357315082
Day trips start here
- Gettysburg · 19 mi
- Hanover · 20 mi
- York · 21 mi
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