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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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
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: 52
  • 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: 29
Attractions: 22
  • 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: 18
  • 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 HillWSW673 m13.1 mi
Turkey KnollSW655 m12.8 mi
Shaffers KnobSW634 m12.0 mi
Mount WismerSW627 m7.9 mi
High KnobSE624 m1.1 mi
Bush MountainSW611 m11.1 mi
Keipel HillWSW610 m18.0 mi
Low KnobE607 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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