White Rocks
White Rocks rises to 325 m in Pennsylvania. Big Flat Tower stands 628 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Center Point Knob, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 17 miles off.
The story
mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wikidata Q49089529, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 325 m
How to reach it
- 16.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Center Point Knob: 0.3 mi
- 8th Armored Division: 6.2 mi
- 88th Infantry "Blue Devil" Division: 6.2 mi
- 44th Bomb Group: 6.2 mi
- 80th Infantry "Blue Ridge" Division: 6.2 mi
- Center Point Knob: 0.5 mi
- Long Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Stone Head: 2.7 mi
- Keller Hill: 3.4 mi
- The Peak: 3.7 mi
- Leidighs Park: 1.5 mi
- Waterfront: 1.7 mi
- OA Cerimony Circle: 1.7 mi
- Cayuga Site: 1.8 mi
- Flag Plaza: 1.8 mi
- Boiler Room Museum: 4.1 mi
- Equipment Museum: 4.1 mi
- U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center: 6.4 mi
- The Oakes Museum of Natural History: 6.6 mi
- Eastern Museum of MotorSports Racing: 7.1 mi
- Liberation Pointe: 6.5 mi
- Sundial: 7.0 mi
- Benjamin Rush: 7.3 mi
- River Cow: 11.3 mi
- Lion Statue: 12.8 mi
- Grantham Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Special Needs Garden: 7.0 mi
- Special Needs Garden: 7.0 mi
- West Locust Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 8.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 305: 1.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 242: 8.0 mi
- Cave Hill Nature Center: 8.1 mi
- Peiffer Memorial Arboretum and Nature Preserve: 13.5 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Letort Spring: 5.6 mi
- Alexander Spring: 9.0 mi
- Bucher Spring: 11.1 mi
- Orr's Bridge Spring: 11.3 mi
- Eichelberger Spring: 12.1 mi
- Dellville Covered Bridge: 16.6 mi
- Indian Echo Caverns: 22.3 mi
- Memorial Flag Pole: 22.8 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 24.1 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 24.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Concrete Beach: 14.5 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 22.7 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of White Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Flat Tower | WSW 243° | 628 m | 18.1 mi |
| Flat Rock | WNW 299° | 578 m | 18.7 mi |
| Lewis Rocks | WSW 241° | 527 m | 15.8 mi |
| Piney Mountain | SW 233° | 513 m | 18.8 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | WSW 252° | 489 m | 14.6 mi |
| Buck Ridge Tower | WSW 248° | 488 m | 9.2 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SW 224° | 487 m | 15.0 mi |
| Long Mountain | SSW 197° | 479 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:03 | 16:47 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlisle WTP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357320305
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- Gettysburg · 21 mi
- Hanover · 23 mi
- York · 23 mi
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