The Pinnacle
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The Pinnacle rises to 498 m in Pennsylvania. Bears Head stands 634 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pulpit Rock, a peak 1.5 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.
The story
The Pinnacle is local high point on the Blue Mountain ridge of the Appalachian Mountains. Due to its location on the Appalachian Trail, and its reputation as one of the best views in Pennsylvania, the Pinnacle is heavily used by hikers. There is a tradition on The Pinnacle for hikers to bring a rock up the trail with them, and deposit it at a large rock pile behind the lookout.
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Wikidata Q7757216, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 498 m
How to reach it
- 23.3 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Albany Township Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Kempton Community Center: 3.4 mi
- Windsor Township Park: 4.1 mi
- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: 4.2 mi
- Kaercher Creek Park: 4.8 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 1.5 mi
- Spitzenberg Hill: 2.8 mi
- Owls Head: 2.9 mi
- Hemlock Heights: 3.5 mi
- Dans Pulpit: 3.6 mi
- Auburn Desilting Basin monument: 11.0 mi
- Shellhamer Ice Dam: 12.0 mi
- Veterans of Upper Bern Township Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Germansville Memorial Hall: 12.4 mi
- Rachel Trois Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Crystal Cave: 7.0 mi
- Kutztown Fairgrounds: 9.5 mi
- Christmas Village Railroad: 18.1 mi
- Wishing Well: 18.1 mi
- Christmas in Other Lands: 18.1 mi
- Hamburg Area Historical Society: 5.7 mi
- Reading Railroad Heritage Museum: 5.9 mi
- Old Spokes Car Museum: 10.1 mi
- Summit Hill Historical Society: 14.7 mi
- The No. 9 Coal Mine & Museum: 14.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 222: 8.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 110: 11.0 mi
- Jefferson Tract - Weiser State Forest: 11.1 mi
- State Game Lands Number 205: 13.7 mi
- Trexler Nature Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Sesquicentennial Mural: 3.4 mi
- Owl Totem Pole: 4.6 mi
- Philip Ginder Carved Rock: 14.6 mi
- Sculpture Plaza: 17.2 mi
- Der Distelfink Statue: 17.2 mi
- Native Habitat Garden: 4.2 mi
- Hamburg Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Stonehedge Gardens: 10.4 mi
- Andrew Maier Pollinator Garden: 12.0 mi
- Doctor's Grove: 17.2 mi
- Pocahontas Spring: 4.5 mi
- Peters Creek Spring: 10.6 mi
- Geiles Spring: 12.9 mi
- Pine Spring: 14.7 mi
- Mammoth Spring: 16.0 mi
- Lower Falls: 20.3 mi
- Onoko Falls: 20.4 mi
- Terrace Falls: 20.4 mi
- Cave Falls: 20.4 mi
- Swatara Falls: 23.8 mi
- Peace Rock: 6.1 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 19.7 mi
- Gorgeous Rocks: 20.3 mi
- Bear Mountain Overlook: 20.3 mi
- Round Head: 22.2 mi
- Camp Apple Tree: 17.5 mi
- Food Fest Grove: 19.9 mi
- Carousel Grove: 20.0 mi
- Parkside Pavillion: 20.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.8 mi
- Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 18.8 mi
- Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 18.8 mi
- Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 19.7 mi
- Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 20.2 mi
- Eagle Rock Beach: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of The Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bears Head | NNW 332° | 634 m | 18.6 mi |
| Blue Head | NNW 334° | 557 m | 20.3 mi |
| Broad Mountain | NW 314° | 518 m | 16.7 mi |
| Dans Pulpit | NNW 330° | 497 m | 3.6 mi |
| Pisgah Mountain | N 7° | 492 m | 14.3 mi |
| Bake Oven Knob | NE 45° | 483 m | 13.2 mi |
| Bears Rocks | NE 44° | 475 m | 11.5 mi |
| Nesquehoning Mountain | N 359° | 472 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:57 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:57 | 16:40 |
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 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hamburg, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/310493151
Day trips start here
- Reading · 19 mi
- Emmaus · 22 mi
- Whitehall Township · 22 mi
- Allentown · 23 mi
- Lehigh Valley · 23 mi
- Pennsburg · 27 mi
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