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West Hill

West Hill, seen from above at true elevation

West Hill rises to 605 m in Pennsylvania. Dresser Hill stands 673 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Low Knob, a peak 0.9 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
605 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.31176, -75.13851

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Sky Puppies: 7.9 mi
  • Ironwood Park: 8.2 mi
  • Carlton Drake Memorial Park: 9.3 mi
  • T-Dock (pier): 9.5 mi
  • Dingman Township Park: 9.7 mi
Nature reserves: 55
  • Mount Wismer Nature Preserve: 8.1 mi
  • Gravel Family Preserve: 8.6 mi
  • Lacawac Sanctuary: 9.4 mi
  • Shuman Point Natural Area: 9.9 mi
  • Pasold Farm Nature Preserve: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 33
Historic sites: 33
Attractions: 27
  • What's this?: 3.2 mi
  • to private house: 6.8 mi
  • Costa's Family Fun Park: 7.9 mi
  • osprey nest: 9.1 mi
  • Deagan Chimes: 9.2 mi
Museums: 20
Beaches: 19
  • Laurel Ridge Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Deer Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Palmyra Township Public Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Gold Key Beach: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Ridgefield Point: 3.2 mi
  • The Cliff: 16.3 mi
  • The Knob: 16.9 mi
  • The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 18.8 mi
  • Pike Rock: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Pecks Pond Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
  • Robin Cove Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 9.2 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 9.2 mi
  • Toms Creek Recreation Site: 15.9 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Labyrinth Garden: 7.1 mi
  • native plant garden: 9.5 mi
  • Muriel's Garden: 12.0 mi
  • The Smith-Harker Community Garden: 13.9 mi
  • Glacier Lake Garden: 16.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 5.3 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 5.3 mi
  • Crescent Lake Rest Area: 20.6 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 22.2 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 22.4 mi
Springs: 4
Artworks: 3
  • Glass Tentacles: 16.9 mi
  • Rock Maze: 23.8 mi
  • Buffalo Statue: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of West Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dresser HillWSW 241°673 m13.1 mi
Turkey KnollSW 229°655 m12.8 mi
Shaffers KnobSW 234°634 m12.0 mi
Mount WismerSW 229°627 m7.9 mi
High KnobSE 139°624 m1.1 mi
Bush MountainSW 233°611 m11.1 mi
Keipel HillWSW 245°610 m18.0 mi
Low KnobE 86°607 m0.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3619:13
June solstice05:2819:5620:38
September equinox06:4918:2319:00
December solstice07:2415:5116:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533455665696760493829
Precip in3.22.73.63.73.64.74.14.14.34.43.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hawley 1 E, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357319850

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