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Sun Hill

Sun Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Sun Hill rises to 655 m in Pennsylvania. Baughman Rocks stands 961 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Jockey Knob, a peak 1.5 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49080014, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
655 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.05563, -79.42781

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Mount Vernon Park: 5.1 mi
  • Roaring Run Natural Area: 6.5 mi
  • Jacobs Creek Park: 6.6 mi
  • Laural Ridge State Park: 7.3 mi
  • Polymath Park Tour: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 43
  • Laurel Ridge State Park XC Skiing Concession Building: 7.7 mi
  • Fallingwater: 10.5 mi
  • Kentuck Knob Visitor's Center: 13.6 mi
  • Flatrock: 14.2 mi
  • Tipping Bucket: 16.0 mi
Historic sites: 26
  • Mt. Hope School: 7.5 mi
  • Mount Pleasant WWI Memorial: 8.8 mi
  • Scottdale War Memorial: 9.0 mi
  • CCC Monument: 10.8 mi
  • P&LE Dickerson Run roundhouse: 12.6 mi
Museums: 16
  • Speyer Gallery: 10.5 mi
  • Laurel Hill Visitor Center: 10.8 mi
  • Powdermill Nature Center: 11.0 mi
  • Powder Mill Nature Reserve: 11.0 mi
  • Cole and Coke Heritage Center: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Gardens: 5
  • Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve Colonial Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Formal Garden: 16.2 mi
  • Monastic Garden Area: 16.2 mi
  • Penn State Master Gardeners’ Richard E. Thorn Memorial Gardens: 17.9 mi
  • The Chateau Gardens: 18.5 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Birdhouse: 18.8 mi
  • Statue of Thomas Jefferson and Albert Gallatin: 19.0 mi
  • Metal Sculpture: 20.7 mi
  • Blaze the Vulcan: 24.2 mi
  • Statue of Dr. Robert E Eberly: 24.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Paterson Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Kooser Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Cool Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Baughman Spring: 22.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Keystone Beach: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Sun Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baughman RocksSE 143°961 m22.7 mi
Glade MountainSSE 147°936 m21.9 mi
2768 feetE 97°923 m8.4 mi
Vought RockSE 138°898 m22.2 mi
Painter Rock HillE 84°893 m6.9 mi
Bald KnobENE 71°893 m12.6 mi
Birch Rock HillE 96°891 m5.9 mi
Sugar Camp HillNE 55°887 m21.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5419:30
June solstice05:5020:1020:51
September equinox07:0618:4119:17
December solstice07:3716:1316:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273037495967706963524133
Precip in5.03.53.74.14.74.94.64.23.93.33.74.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Donegal 2 NW, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1189059 — Sun Hill, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357315581

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