Timber Hill
Timber Hill rises to 290 m in Pennsylvania. Clarks Knob stands 709 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Peace Garden, a garden 1.1 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49083786, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 290 m
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 28.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 24.8 mi off the Old Main Streets
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 22 mi
- Chimney Rock · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Dykeman Park: 1.4 mi
- Eckels Field: 2.0 mi
- Shippensburg Township Park: 2.8 mi
- Southampton Park: 3.3 mi
- Shippensburg University Coordinates: 2.3 mi
- Memorial Auditorium: 2.3 mi
- Caledonia Furnace: 8.9 mi
- Camp Michaux: 10.3 mi
- Iron Furnace: 12.0 mi
- Poke Hill: 3.9 mi
- Stony Knob: 3.9 mi
- Long Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Methodist Hill: 5.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 6.2 mi
- Cumberland Valley Railroad Museum: 1.9 mi
- Conrail Museum: 2.0 mi
- The Fashion Archives at Shippensburg University: 2.4 mi
- Appalachian Trail Museum: 12.1 mi
- National Apple Museum: 16.3 mi
- Tar Kettle Springs: 8.1 mi
- Falling Spring: 9.3 mi
- Cool Spring: 12.4 mi
- Knob Springs: 12.7 mi
- Bucher Spring: 12.8 mi
- Votive 8: 2.3 mi
- Mouse Rock Statue: 2.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Founding Father's Memorial Statue: 9.2 mi
- Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 12.9 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 8.6 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 9.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 76: 11.6 mi
- Frank E. Masland, Jr. Natural Area: 15.6 mi
- Hemlocks Natural Area: 16.0 mi
- Bear Valley Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Pavillon 5: 17.6 mi
- Pavillon 3: 17.6 mi
- Pavillon 4: 17.6 mi
- Pavillon 1: 17.6 mi
- Peace Garden: 1.1 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 2.5 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 12.8 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 14.8 mi
- West Locust Community Garden: 21.8 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 17.4 mi
- Clermont Crag: 20.4 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 21.0 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 21.2 mi
- Tartown: 15.0 mi
- Beach Front: 20.1 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 21.0 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Timber Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Knob | W 278° | 709 m | 11.4 mi |
| Eckenrode Knob | NNW 335° | 683 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sherman Mountain | NNW 348° | 647 m | 13.6 mi |
| Price Knob | NNW 343° | 646 m | 13.8 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | S 171° | 637 m | 13.5 mi |
| Methodist Hill | SSE 147° | 631 m | 5.5 mi |
| Big Flat Tower | ESE 105° | 628 m | 6.9 mi |
| Strasbaugh Hill | ESE 124° | 605 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:02 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:06 | 16:49 |
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 | 33 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shippensburg, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1189570 — Timber Hill, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357316429
Day trips start here
- Chambersburg · 9 mi
- Gettysburg · 21 mi
- Mercersburg · 24 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 26 mi
- Hagerstown · 28 mi
- Thurmont · 28 mi
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