Butler Knob is a peak on the Jacks Mountain ridge in south central Pennsylvania in the United States. The "Knobs" summit is underlain with weather resistant quartzite of the Tuscarora Formation (Silurian Age). Butler Knob is accessible by a rough road, where there is a closed firetower on the summit. The firetower presently hold a weather station that gives current forecasts for the area (see link below).
There are views available from a nearby scree slope. The views are mainly east, south and west from here; the summits of Big Mountain, Sideling Hill, Williamsburg Mountain and Blue Knob can be seen in the distance. Butler Knob is located within the Rothrock State Forest, all camping and activities on the mountain are subject to the rules and regulations of that agency.
There's a trail called Standing Stone Trail leading to the summit. Butler Knob is one of the 31 peaks along the multi-day Great Eastern Trail.
By elevation Butler Knob is
# 7 out of 37 in Rothrock State Forest # 3 out of 73 in Huntingdon County
By prominence Butler Knob is
# 10 out of 1984 in Pennsylvania # 2 out of 37 in Rothrock State Forest # 1 out of 73 in Huntingdon County # 45 out of 2848 in the Appalachian Ridges
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