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Delve into Mountain Top
Mountain Top in Luzerne County (Pennsylvania) with it's 10,982 habitants is located in United States about 169 mi (or 271 km) north of Washington DC, the country's capital town.
Current time in Mountain Top is now 04:45 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named America / New York with an UTC offset of -5 hours. We know of 13 airports close to Mountain Top, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United States is Wilkes Barre Scranton International Airport in a distance of 14 mi (or 23 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Independence Hall in a distance of 100 mi (or 161 km), South-East. Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Scranton, Jim Thorpe, Tunkhannock, Pottsville and Bloomsburg. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 1°C / 34 °F
Morning Temperature | 3°C / 37 °F |
Evening Temperature | 1°C / 34 °F |
Night Temperature | -0°C / 31 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 16% |
Air Humidity | 99% |
Air Pressure | 1002 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from South-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Rain and snow |
Thursday, 21st of November 2024
-1°C (31 °F)
-1°C (30 °F)
Snow, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
2°C (35 °F)
1°C (35 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
2°C (35 °F)
-2°C (28 °F)
Light snow, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Comfort Inn & Suites
BW PLUS GENETTI HTL
Holiday Inn Express WILKES BARRE EAST
Fairfield Inn & Suites Wilkes-Barre Scranton
HOST INN ALL SUITES
Holiday Inn WILKES BARRE - EAST MOUNTAIN
Courtyard Wilkes-Barre Arena
Hilton Garden Inn Wilkes Barre
Hampton Inn - Suites Wilkes-Barre-Scranton PA
WOODSPRING SUITES WILKES-BARRE
Videos from this area
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R&N Vosburg Flyer Mountain Top-Pittston
The Vosburg Flyer, an excursion sponsored by the Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Chapter NRHS on the Reading & Northern, covered freight-only former Lehigh Valley Railroad trackage from Pittston.
(HD) Reading and Northern 425: Mountain Top to Jim Thorpe 7/5/2014
R&N #425 pulls an excursion train from Mountain Top, PA (R&N's Penobscot Yard) to the town of Jim Thorpe, PA on July 5th, 2014. The first time an excursion has originated in Mountain Top. ...
How to Remove Stubbourn Red Wine and Kool Aide Stains from your Carpet with Household Items
The Pros at http://www.nepacarpetcleaning.com serving Mountain Top PA show you how to take on tough red dye stains with "Household Items" when other carpet spot cleaners have failed. Services...
R&N Vosburg Flyer Penobscot Runby
The Vosburg Flyer, an excursion sponsored by the Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Chapter NRHS on the Reading & Northern, covered freight-only former Lehigh Valley Railroad trackage from Pittston.
Huber Breaker / Ashley / Pennsylvania / pt1 / K2
This was a co-op investigation between luzerne county ghost hunters and pennsylvania valley paranormal association. It was so amazing we had to split it into several parts.
Huber Breaker Ashley EVP!!
A very faint "ya" is heard following the are you looking for your father and then the question is he hear with you?
Luzerne County Named The Official Best Outdoors Destination in PA
Luzerne County was named as the Official Best Outdoors Destination in PA by The Official Best of Pennsylvania Website!! A research team studies online travel sites, state tourism information,...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Fairview Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Fairview Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,520 at the 2010 census.
WNEP-TV
WNEP-TV, channel 16, is a television station licensed to Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. WNEP-TV is owned by Local TV, a subsidiary of the private equity group Oak Hill Capital Partners, and is the ABC affiliate for the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre television market. The station's studios are located in Moosic, Pennsylvania, and its transmitter is on Penobscot Knob in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania.
WBRE-TV
WBRE-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Northeastern Pennsylvania, New York's Eastern Southern Tier and parts of Northern New Jersey that is licensed to Wilkes-Barre. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 11 from a transmitter at the Penobscot Knob antenna farm near Mountain Top. It can also be seen on Comcast and Service Electric channel 3. On digital cable, there is a high definition signal on Comcast channel 232 and Service Electric channel 503.
Penobscot Knob
Penobscot Knob, also Penobscot Mountain, is a hill located near Mountain Top, Pennsylvania and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, that is best known as the site of many local television and radio station transmitters. WVIA-TV, WVIA-FM, WSWB, WNEP, WYOU, WOLF-TV, WQMY, and WBRE are some of the major stations that broadcast from there. Penobscot Hill is about 2,100 feet above sea level.
WVIA-TV
WVIA-TV is the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member Public television station broadcasting on channel 41 to most of northeastern and central Pennsylvania. It is licensed to Scranton, with studios in Jenkins Township (which shares a post office with Pittston) and transmitter at the northeast Pennsylvania tower farm on Penobscot Knob.
WYOU
WYOU is the CBS-affiliated television station for Northeastern Pennsylvania that is licensed to Scranton. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 from a transmitter at the Penobscot Knob tower farm near Mountain Top. Owned by Mission Broadcasting, the station is operated by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group through a joint sales agreement (JSA) as sister to NBC affiliate WBRE-TV.
WOLF-TV
WOLF-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for Northeastern Pennsylvania, New York's Eastern Southern Tier and parts of North Jersey that is licensed to Hazleton. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 45 from a transmitter at the Penobscot Knob antenna farm near Mountain Top. Owned by New Age Media, the station is sister to CW affiliate WSWB and MyNetworkTV affiliate WQMY. All three share studios on PA 315 in the Fox Hill section of Plains Township.
WVIA-FM
WVIA-FM is the National Public Radio member station for Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is licensed to the community of Scranton. WVIA is owned by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association along with its sister television station, WVIA-TV. The station's studios are based in Jenkins Township, near Pittston, with transmitter just south of Wilkes-Barre. WVIA-FM signed on in 1973, and since 2001 has operated a full-time satellite in Williamsport, WVYA-FM.
WBHT
WBHT, known on air as "97 BHT", is a top 40 radio station serving the Scranton, Pennsylvania area. 95.7 WBHD simulcasts WBHT's programming. WBHT was known as "Hot 97" until the late 1990s.
WMGS
WMGS is an adult contemporary station in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania called "Magic 93 - Continuous Soft Rock". The station broadcasts on 92.9 FM and is fully owned by Cumulus Media.