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Creveling Lakes

Creveling Lakes from directly overhead

Creveling Lakes is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 637 m. Huckleberry Mountain stands 762 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Ricketts, a ghost town 0.2 miles away. Gateway to the Endless Mountains passes 19 miles off.

What the record says

Inscription
Named in honor of J. Q. Reveling ESQ. Dean of Pennsylvania Sportsmen Father of Game and Fish Codes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.38855, -76.27802

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Short Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • High Cobble: 3.8 mi
  • North Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Grand View: 5.7 mi
  • Red Rock Mountain: 5.9 mi
Parks
  • Cosgrove Memorial Park: 11.4 mi
  • Sullivan County Public Park: 11.4 mi
  • Laporte Borough Ball Park: 11.6 mi
  • Benton Park: 14.3 mi
  • Moon Lake State Forest Natural Area: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 47
Historic sites: 17
  • Lake Leigh Dam: 3.7 mi
  • Ice House: 4.2 mi
  • tannery: 6.8 mi
  • saw mill: 6.9 mi
  • Lion Shrine: 14.8 mi
Museums: 10
  • Sullivan County Historical Society Museum: 11.4 mi
  • Baldwin House: 11.4 mi
  • Eagles Mere Air Museum and Eagles Mere Auto Museum: 13.4 mi
  • Endless Mountains War Memorial Museum: 14.5 mi
  • Eagles Mere: 15.9 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Sullivan County Fairgrounds: 17.8 mi
  • The Mary Stegmaier Mansion: 22.6 mi
  • The Big Cow: 23.7 mi
  • Laporte House: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Jean Beach: 3.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Baldwin House Garden: 11.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Mineral Spring: 16.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Roadside Rest: 16.5 mi
Artworks: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Creveling Lakes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Huckleberry MountainWSW 239°762 m13.3 mi
RoundtopWSW 253°758 m12.0 mi
Grand ViewSSW 196°745 m5.7 mi
Red Rock MountainSSW 204°721 m5.9 mi
Tyler MountainN 5°718 m11.0 mi
Forkston MountainNE 54°715 m13.6 mi
South MountainENE 61°709 m10.6 mi
Bartlett MountainNNE 28°705 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3320:0120:43
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2915:5516:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242533445564686659483829
Precip in3.12.33.14.04.14.04.54.54.13.82.93.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dushore, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11064167572

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