Mowery Picnic Area
Mowery Picnic Area is a picnic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 506 m. Blue Knob stands 953 m to the northeast, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Springs Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.2 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Blue Knob State Park
How to reach it
- 24.7 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mark Mock Memorial Park: 6.5 mi
- Claysburg Community Park: 7.4 mi
- Henderson Park: 8.9 mi
- Crichton McCormick Park: 8.9 mi
- Povich Estates Park: 9.3 mi
- Blue Knob: 1.7 mi
- Ickes Hill: 1.7 mi
- Stiefler Hill: 2.5 mi
- Stein Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Round Knob: 2.8 mi
- Lost Cox Children Monument: 1.7 mi
- Sidman Veterans' Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Salix Veterans' Memorial: 9.6 mi
- St. Michael Veterans' Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Admiral Peary Monument: 12.9 mi
- Coal Miner's Museum and Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Lake View Visitor Center: 11.1 mi
- Lemon House: 12.8 mi
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 13.0 mi
- Galliztin Tuneels Museum: 14.6 mi
- Weynant Spring: 7.5 mi
- Gallitzin Spring: 12.3 mi
- Linng Water Spring: 17.0 mi
- Chaltbeate Spring: 17.9 mi
- Limestone Spring: 19.6 mi
- Herman Point: 1.9 mi
- Diechland Point: 2.3 mi
- Kittanning Point: 16.4 mi
- Devils Elbow: 18.8 mi
- Laurel Hill: 21.9 mi
- Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center: 10.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 279: 14.9 mi
- Allegheny Front Hawk Watch: 15.1 mi
- Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center: 17.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 261: 20.5 mi
- Boot: 11.3 mi
- Golden Tiger Statue: 15.2 mi
- Morley’s Dog: 17.9 mi
- Great Auk: 20.8 mi
- The Igloo: 21.6 mi
- Old Duncansville Airmail field: 12.3 mi
- Engine House #6 Exhibit Building: 12.8 mi
- Cresson Railroad Observation Platform: 13.2 mi
- The Coffee Pot: 17.7 mi
- Tank: 24.2 mi
- Willow Springs Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Burnt House Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Babcock Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Turtle Falls: 15.6 mi
- Hinckston Falls: 17.3 mi
- Laurel Ave Community Garden: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mowery Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Knob | NE 52° | 953 m | 1.7 mi |
| Schaefer Head | NNE 23° | 898 m | 3.7 mi |
| Ritchey Knob | NE 36° | 874 m | 6.0 mi |
| Cattle Knob | NNE 33° | 865 m | 4.2 mi |
| Round Top | WSW 255° | 849 m | 3.4 mi |
| Round Knob | NE 34° | 846 m | 2.8 mi |
| Pine Knob | NE 43° | 824 m | 5.6 mi |
| Vickrey Mountain | NNW 339° | 821 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:07 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:09 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Johnstown Cambria CO AP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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