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Tunnel Hill

Tunnel Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Tunnel Hill rises to 451 m in Pennsylvania. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 6.7 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49085227, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
451 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.74843, -77.44110

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Carroll Commons Park: 3.2 mi
  • Pine Hill Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
  • Solit farm: 3.6 mi
  • Old Benjamin Tenis Courts: 3.6 mi
  • Old Banjamin Flagpoles: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Mason Dixon Line monument: 4.0 mi
  • Valley View Manor: 5.9 mi
  • St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Statue: 6.4 mi
  • Monsignor Hugh J. Phillips: 6.5 mi
  • Redmond Memorial: 6.5 mi
Museums: 46
  • Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Renfrew Farm & Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Frederick County Fire Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 7.0 mi
  • Museum of the Iron Worker: 11.7 mi
Springs: 22
  • Fountaindale Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Browns Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Raven Rock Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Knob Springs: 7.6 mi
  • Travelers Spring: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 19
Attractions: 17
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 9.4 mi
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 9.8 mi
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 11.4 mi
  • Catoctin Furnace: 11.6 mi
  • Children's Village of Washington County: 15.8 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Picnic sites: 6
  • Founder's Plaza: 6.6 mi
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
Gardens: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 7.3 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 17.5 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 17.6 mi
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Tunnel Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainSW 227°654 m5.2 mi
Snowy MountainNNW 335°637 m6.6 mi
Buzzard PeakNNW 342°593 m5.1 mi
The KnobN 359°573 m7.3 mi
Catoctin MountainS 191°572 m7.0 mi
Rocky MountainNNW 336°570 m8.5 mi
Pivot RockNNW 337°563 m8.6 mi
High RockSW 230°559 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:4320:0120:42
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:2816:0616:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313342546370747266564536
Precip in3.83.04.44.04.94.23.74.05.34.13.73.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Catoctin MTN Park, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357317253

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