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Strong Mountain

Strong Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Strong Mountain rises to 672 m in Pennsylvania. Thickhead Mountain stands 733 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Havice Spring, a spring 1.4 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 25 miles off.

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49078920, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
672 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.78062, -77.45860

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park: 7.9 mi
  • Mira Lloyd Dock Resource Conservation Center: 8.0 mi
  • Milroy Baseball Fields: 8.6 mi
  • Potter Run Park: 8.9 mi
  • McClure Station Park: 9.1 mi
Springs: 42
  • Havice Spring: 1.4 mi
  • White Pine Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Mammoth Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Cold Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Coffee Run Spring: 12.9 mi
Museums: 24
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 22
  • Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park: 10.7 mi
  • Red Candle Island: 11.9 mi
  • Lewistown Armory: 12.2 mi
  • Beer Tap: 12.8 mi
  • Deeded Square Inches: 17.5 mi
Gardens: 11
Picnic sites: 8
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Kish park beach access: 12.0 mi
  • Beach access to Kish Creek: 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 24.5 mi
  • Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Strong Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thickhead MountainW 259°733 m12.5 mi
The WineheadN 358°724 m12.5 mi
Broad MountainWSW 254°716 m11.4 mi
Milligans KnobWSW 241°711 m13.3 mi
Big Kettle MountainNNW 346°688 m13.2 mi
Bald MountainWSW 258°675 m9.4 mi
White MountainNE 51°671 m5.1 mi
Thick MountainNE 38°671 m8.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:3920:0420:45
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:3116:0216:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242735475867716961503930
Precip in3.02.33.33.63.94.03.94.04.43.63.13.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millheim, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357315313

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