Wright Hill
Wright Hill rises to 338 m in Pennsylvania. West Mountain stands 659 m to the south-southeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Sheridan Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 338 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 8.4 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
- 12.3 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Sheridan Hill: 1.1 mi
- Thomas Hill: 1.8 mi
- Casterline Hill: 1.9 mi
- Fairground Hill: 2.5 mi
- Tunnel Hill: 2.6 mi
- Ned Boehm Field: 1.3 mi
- Christy Mathewson Park: 1.5 mi
- Creekside Park: 1.8 mi
- Benton Township Park: 2.9 mi
- Lackawanna State Park: 3.2 mi
- H. James Saxton and Donald Sherwood monument: 3.3 mi
- Caboose: 4.1 mi
- AT&T Long Lines RANSOM Facility Historical Site: 8.9 mi
- A Tribute to Anthracite Coal Miners: 11.3 mi
- WW1, WW1, Korean War: 11.5 mi
- Gateway Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Ziegler Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Quarry Ridge Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Gardner Spencer Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Meadowsweet Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 11.9 mi
- Worthington Scranton Statue: 11.9 mi
- Penn State Nittany Lion: 12.6 mi
- Faith - Hope - Love Veterans Memorial: 12.6 mi
- Jason Miller: 12.7 mi
- Houdini Museum: 11.1 mi
- Anthracite Museum: 11.2 mi
- Lackawana Coal Mine Tour: 11.2 mi
- Electric City Trolley Museum: 12.4 mi
- 1902 Roundhouse & Technology Museum: 12.5 mi
- Tunkhannock Viaduct: 3.4 mi
- Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 8.4 mi
- Tundra Tornado: 16.3 mi
- Iceberg Alley Luge: 16.4 mi
- The Mary Stegmaier Mansion: 23.8 mi
- Prayer Garden: 12.5 mi
- Mulberry Plaza: 12.8 mi
- Lower Quad: 13.0 mi
- Upper Quad: 13.0 mi
- R. N, Davis Memorial Garden: 13.5 mi
- Nay Aug Falls: 13.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Falls: 19.1 mi
- Salvatore Falls: 22.0 mi
- Spencer Spring: 23.4 mi
- Salt Springs: 23.8 mi
- The Salt Spring: 23.8 mi
- Campbell's Ledge: 15.0 mi
- The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 20.8 mi
- Roadside Rest: 13.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Wright Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Mountain | SSE 159° | 659 m | 8.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | S 171° | 641 m | 9.7 mi |
| Hubbard Mountain | ESE 116° | 618 m | 9.5 mi |
| Bell Mountain | SE 142° | 606 m | 8.6 mi |
| Osterhout Mountain | WSW 249° | 589 m | 7.5 mi |
| Baby Bell | SSE 151° | 588 m | 8.8 mi |
| Thorn Hill | NE 54° | 552 m | 8.5 mi |
| Newton Hill | ESE 104° | 514 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:59 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:52 | 16:37 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilkes-barre/scranton Intl AP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1191802 — Wright Hill, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357320959
Day trips start here
- Factoryville · 1 mi
- Clarks Summit · 6 mi
- Endless Mountains · 12 mi
- Scranton · 12 mi
- Dunmore · 13 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 18 mi
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