Vargo Hill
Vargo Hill rises to 389 m in Pennsylvania. Miller Mountain stands 672 m to the south-southwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Seely Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49086922, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 389 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 5.1 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
- 19.7 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Seely Hill: 0.7 mi
- Dam Hill: 1.4 mi
- Avery Hill: 1.8 mi
- Wallace Hill: 2.0 mi
- Pompey Hill: 2.2 mi
- Lazy Brook Park: 4.9 mi
- Tom Bell Park: 5.3 mi
- Nordahl Park: 5.6 mi
- Bob Massaker Sports Complex: 6.3 mi
- McCord Park: 6.3 mi
- H. James Saxton and Donald Sherwood monument: 5.8 mi
- Caboose: 11.1 mi
- AT&T Long Lines RANSOM Facility Historical Site: 15.3 mi
- A Tribute to Anthracite Coal Miners: 17.1 mi
- Friedenshutten Monument: 17.9 mi
- Little Rocky Glen Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Gateway Preserve: 10.3 mi
- Ziegler Preserve: 10.5 mi
- Gardner Spencer Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Quarry Ridge Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Anthracite Museum: 17.0 mi
- Lackawana Coal Mine Tour: 17.0 mi
- Houdini Museum: 17.8 mi
- Electric City Trolley Museum: 18.6 mi
- 1902 Roundhouse & Technology Museum: 18.8 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 18.9 mi
- Worthington Scranton Statue: 18.9 mi
- Faith - Hope - Love Veterans Memorial: 19.0 mi
- Jason Miller: 19.1 mi
- 'The Office' Mural: 19.1 mi
- Tunkhannock Viaduct: 5.9 mi
- Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 13.0 mi
- A Very Old Barn: 20.0 mi
- Tundra Tornado: 22.3 mi
- Iceberg Alley Luge: 22.4 mi
- Prayer Garden: 18.9 mi
- Mulberry Plaza: 19.3 mi
- Lower Quad: 19.4 mi
- Upper Quad: 19.4 mi
- R. N, Davis Memorial Garden: 20.0 mi
- Salt Springs: 19.9 mi
- The Salt Spring: 19.9 mi
- Roadside Rest: 10.6 mi
- Campbell's Ledge: 19.0 mi
- Nay Aug Falls: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Vargo Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Mountain | SSW 198° | 672 m | 9.8 mi |
| Osterhout Mountain | S 183° | 589 m | 6.1 mi |
| Wilbur Hill | SE 141° | 504 m | 10.5 mi |
| East Mountain | SSE 155° | 475 m | 6.3 mi |
| Dean Hill | N 4° | 470 m | 8.3 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SW 226° | 462 m | 4.9 mi |
| Florey Knob | WSW 250° | 461 m | 6.2 mi |
| Post Hill | S 175° | 449 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:00 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:52 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montrose, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357318703
Day trips start here
- Endless Mountains · 6 mi
- Factoryville · 7 mi
- Clarks Summit · 13 mi
- Scranton · 19 mi
- Dunmore · 20 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 24 mi
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