The Pinnacle
The Pinnacle rises to 319 m in Ohio. Rock Hill stands 354 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Vinton Furnace, a ghost town 2.6 miles away. Hocking Hills Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 206 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Ohio, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34850509, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 319 m
How to reach it
- 12.1 mi off the Hocking Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 17.6 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
- 23.5 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 25.8 mi off the Morgan County Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lower Falls Lookout · 14 mi
206 named places within 25 miles
- Hooper Park: 2.8 mi
- Vinton County Fairgrounds: 4.1 mi
- Wellston Reservoir State Wildlife Park: 8.0 mi
- Hamden Ball Park: 9.8 mi
- Merckle Ball Park: 11.4 mi
- Vinton Furnace Wildlife Area: 6.5 mi
- Wellston Reservoir State Wildlife Park: 7.8 mi
- Lake Alma State Park: 9.7 mi
- Woodcock Nature Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Stroth-Rader Habitat Conservation Area: 10.5 mi
- Peck Hill: 4.4 mi
- Dixon Hill: 6.4 mi
- Furnace Ridge: 6.8 mi
- Irish Ridge: 7.4 mi
- Long Ridge: 8.3 mi
- Hope Furnace: 6.2 mi
- Memory Garden: 11.0 mi
- Soldier's Square: 11.1 mi
- David Ousley Memorial Field: 11.5 mi
- Harvey Wells: 11.5 mi
- Devils Tea Table: 8.6 mi
- Ash Cave: 12.6 mi
- Athens County Fairgrounds: 16.1 mi
- Table Rock/Fat Mans Squeeze: 16.1 mi
- Airplane Rock: 16.8 mi
- Ash Cave: 12.6 mi
- Cedar Falls: 13.1 mi
- Whispering Falls: 13.5 mi
- Whispering Cave: 14.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 14.5 mi
- Parish Rocks: 14.2 mi
- Sphinx Head: 14.5 mi
- Hocking Cliffs: 14.5 mi
- Hunters Rock: 16.4 mi
- Airplane Rock: 16.8 mi
- Vinton Furnace: 2.6 mi
- Moonville: 5.6 mi
- Oreton: 6.3 mi
- Ingham: 6.6 mi
- King's Station: 7.7 mi
- Kennedy Museum of Art: 16.2 mi
- Southeast Ohio History Center: 16.8 mi
- Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery: 16.9 mi
- Lillian Jones Museum: 19.1 mi
- Hocking County Historical and Geneaological Society and Museum: 19.7 mi
- Mail Pouch: 15.4 mi
- Albatross: 16.8 mi
- The Green Lady / "American Woman": 16.8 mi
- Apple Water Tower: 18.8 mi
- Ten Commandments: 19.7 mi
- Wellston Community Garden: 11.7 mi
- Ohio University Student Garden: 16.2 mi
- Wolfe Garden: 16.8 mi
- Blair Arch: 19.5 mi
- Tunnel Rock: 19.7 mi
- Rest Area 10-34: 11.6 mi
- Buchtel Spring: 18.8 mi
- South Ridge: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Hill | WNW 296° | 354 m | 22.9 mi |
| Pine Hill | WNW 286° | 346 m | 20.6 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | WSW 255° | 342 m | 23.4 mi |
| Schultz Hill | N 357° | 337 m | 17.4 mi |
| Rattlesnake Knob | WNW 288° | 337 m | 24.4 mi |
| Irish Ridge | NNE 28° | 326 m | 7.4 mi |
| Long Ridge | NNE 26° | 325 m | 8.3 mi |
| Weddington Hill | WSW 252° | 324 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:06 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:20 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:28 | 17:10 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carpenter 2 S, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357461367
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