Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir
Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir is a cliff in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 359 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the west-northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 359 m
How to reach it
- 28.7 mi off the High Plateau Scenic Byway
- 29.7 mi off the Bucktail Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Spruce Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Little Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Long Mtn Peak: 1.4 mi
- Straley Knob: 1.4 mi
- Bald Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Milroy Baseball Fields: 2.1 mi
- Mira Lloyd Dock Resource Conservation Center: 3.4 mi
- Reedsville Playground: 4.6 mi
- Mifflin County Youth Park: 4.8 mi
- Reeds Gap State Park: 4.9 mi
- CCC Monument (stone fireplace and chimney): 3.9 mi
- Hobart King Kistler: 4.3 mi
- Don Andrews Memorial Rock Work: 6.3 mi
- Tom Thwaites Monument: 6.8 mi
- Indian Monument: 7.7 mi
- McKinney Spring: 3.9 mi
- Mammoth Spring: 4.3 mi
- Coffee Run Spring: 5.0 mi
- Yoder Spring: 5.0 mi
- Ross Spring: 6.1 mi
- Rhoneymeade Arboretum & Sculpture Garden: 7.3 mi
- Rock Hill School at Linden Hall: 8.5 mi
- Boalsburg Heritage Museum: 9.0 mi
- Pennsylvania Military Museum: 9.5 mi
- McCoy House: 9.5 mi
- Beer Tap: 4.9 mi
- Lewistown Armory: 8.7 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 9.5 mi
- M114A2 Towed 155mm Howitzer: 9.5 mi
- M60A3 Tank: 9.5 mi
- Yoda Statue: 8.1 mi
- Honors to the Fallen: 9.3 mi
- Lucy C. Lederer Statue: 12.0 mi
- Pictasaurus: 12.9 mi
- Centennial Piglet Statue: 12.9 mi
- Stan Yoder Memorial Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Poe Valley State Park: 10.2 mi
- Stony Batter Natural Area: 10.8 mi
- Thompson Woods Preserve: 12.1 mi
- State Game Lands Number 107: 12.5 mi
- The Giving Garden: 11.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 12.3 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 12.4 mi
- Penn State Community Garden Pollinator Garden: 12.8 mi
- Schreyer Garden: 13.0 mi
- Karl Guss Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Longfellow Vista: 15.9 mi
- Snyder-Middleswarth Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Rock Springs Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Picnic Spot- Christian Fellowship Church: 20.4 mi
- The Rock: 13.1 mi
- Hunter Rock: 17.6 mi
- Chimney Rock Overlook: 19.0 mi
- Donation Rocks: 19.8 mi
- Buck Point: 23.7 mi
- Kish park beach access: 8.2 mi
- Beach access to Kish Creek: 9.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Flat | WNW 283° | 738 m | 6.8 mi |
| Thickhead Mountain | WNW 287° | 733 m | 3.6 mi |
| Big Flat | W 266° | 732 m | 8.2 mi |
| Broad Mountain | WSW 240° | 726 m | 6.7 mi |
| The Winehead | NNE 28° | 724 m | 18.1 mi |
| Grass Mountain | W 262° | 717 m | 5.2 mi |
| Broad Mountain | W 277° | 716 m | 2.1 mi |
| Milligans Knob | SW 222° | 711 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:05 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 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 | 39 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lewistown, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357349522
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