Ghost town · Pennsylvania
Scotia
Scotia is a ghost town in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 410 m. Lost Mountain stands 804 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Haugh Family Farm Open Space, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America
How to reach it
Coordinates40.79970, -77.94610
- 16.4 mi off the High Plateau Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Gray's Woods Park: 0.9 mi
- Circleville Park: 1.0 mi
- Carnegie Drive Tot Lot: 1.2 mi
- Ghaner Drive Parklet: 1.3 mi
- Georgetown Green Area: 1.4 mi
Historic sites: 58
- Michael E. Weston Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Halfmoon Furnace: 2.3 mi
- Pure Food Laws: 4.3 mi
- Old Botany: 4.3 mi
- Science Technology and Society: 4.3 mi
Peaks
- Gobbler Knob: 6.9 mi
- Rudy Ridge: 7.4 mi
- Mount Nittany: 8.0 mi
- Sand Knob: 8.2 mi
- Greenlee Mountain: 9.2 mi
Museums: 32
- Discovery Space: 3.3 mi
- Matson Museum of Anthropology: 4.0 mi
- Turfgrass Museum: 4.2 mi
- EMS Museum and Art Gallery: 4.2 mi
- Armsby Respiration Calorimeter Museum: 4.3 mi
Springs: 27
- Thompson Spring: 5.2 mi
- Walnut Spring: 5.5 mi
- Bathgate Spring: 5.7 mi
- Windy Hill Farms Spring: 5.8 mi
- Benner Spring: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 25
- Air Quality Learning and Demonstration Center: 3.7 mi
- Lion Shrine: 4.0 mi
- Mill Wheel: 5.3 mi
- Millbrook Marsh Nature Center: 5.7 mi
- Columbus Chapel: 7.8 mi
Artworks: 23
- Caterpillar: 4.0 mi
- Nautilus Shell: 4.0 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 4.0 mi
- Bison: 4.0 mi
- Ridge and Valley Sculpture: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves: 16
- Haugh Family Farm Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Gray's Woods Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Patton Woods Nature Recreation Area: 1.3 mi
- Soaring Eagle Wetland: 3.6 mi
- Thompson Woods Preserve: 5.7 mi
Gardens: 10
- Butterfly Garden: 2.6 mi
- Tudek Park Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Bee and Pollinator Garden: 4.0 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 4.2 mi
- Schreyer Garden: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
- The Rock: 7.4 mi
- Buck Point: 12.0 mi
- Indian Lookout: 14.7 mi
- Donation Rocks: 15.7 mi
- Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir: 17.3 mi
Beaches: 3
- Black Moshannon Beach: 10.0 mi
- Kish park beach access: 23.7 mi
- Beach access to Kish Creek: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Picnic Spot- Christian Fellowship Church: 3.2 mi
- Pine Hill Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 14.8 mi
- Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 15.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Peale: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of Scotia. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Mountain | WSW 254° | 804 m | 23.0 mi |
| Centre County Highpoint | WSW 258° | 795 m | 20.6 mi |
| Little Flat | ESE 108° | 738 m | 10.6 mi |
| Thickhead Mountain | ESE 106° | 733 m | 13.7 mi |
| Big Flat | ESE 122° | 732 m | 10.0 mi |
| Broad Mountain | SE 127° | 726 m | 13.6 mi |
| Grass Mountain | ESE 116° | 717 m | 12.8 mi |
| Bear Knob | N 6° | 713 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:06 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:04 | 16:48 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State College, 4 mi away.
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