Stone Jug Hill
Stone Jug Hill rises to 216 m in Pennsylvania. Big Flat Tower stands 628 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Hill, a peak 2.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49078356, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 216 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 16.4 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 21.3 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 24.9 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 9 mi
- Chimney Rock · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chestnut Hill: 2.5 mi
- Tysons Hill: 4.9 mi
- Granite Hill: 5.0 mi
- Wolfpit Hill: 5.0 mi
- Rampike Hill: 5.4 mi
- Green's LA Guard Artillery Battery: 5.0 mi
- Courtney VA Artillery “Tanner’s Battery”: 5.0 mi
- Staunton VA Artillery Battery: 5.1 mi
- Charlottesville VA Artillery “Carrington’s Battery”: 5.1 mi
- CS Jones Artillery Battalion: 5.1 mi
- Oakside Community Park: 2.8 mi
- Dog Playground: 2.8 mi
- Straban Township Park: 4.8 mi
- Gettysburg Municipal Authority: 6.1 mi
- West Fields: 6.3 mi
- National Apple Museum: 3.8 mi
- Adams County Historical Society: 6.0 mi
- Beyond the Battle Museum: 6.0 mi
- Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association: 6.5 mi
- Ticket to the Past - Unforgettable Journeys: 6.6 mi
- Return visit: 6.7 mi
- Women's Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg: 7.9 mi
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Statue: 10.5 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 18.8 mi
- Katelysine Spring: 6.9 mi
- Menchey’s Spring: 7.2 mi
- Spangler's Spring: 7.5 mi
- Tar Kettle Springs: 12.2 mi
- Poplar Spring: 12.3 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 11.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 305: 14.1 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 15.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 242: 16.8 mi
- Spiegle Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 20.3 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 12.8 mi
- Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 12.8 mi
- Grantham Community Garden: 19.4 mi
- West Locust Community Garden: 19.6 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 19.8 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 18.8 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 24.9 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 9.6 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 9.8 mi
- Fort Roller: 24.9 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 9.8 mi
- Tartown: 15.9 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 16.2 mi
- Clermont Crag: 20.5 mi
- Beach Front: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Stone Jug Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Flat Tower | WNW 295° | 628 m | 13.1 mi |
| Strasbaugh Hill | WNW 285° | 605 m | 12.8 mi |
| Ram Hill | WNW 288° | 595 m | 12.6 mi |
| Sier Hill | WNW 283° | 586 m | 13.9 mi |
| Rocky Knob | W 281° | 566 m | 13.9 mi |
| Wolf Hill | W 278° | 551 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mount Newman | W 260° | 544 m | 13.5 mi |
| Lewis Rocks | NW 304° | 527 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:05 | 16:48 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Biglerville, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1188726 — Stone Jug Hill, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357315089
Day trips start here
- Gettysburg · 7 mi
- Hanover · 13 mi
- Thurmont · 23 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 24 mi
- York · 24 mi
- Chambersburg · 25 mi
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