Buttermilk Falls Natural Area
Buttermilk Falls Natural Area is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 462 m. Bald Knob stands 893 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Squirrel Hill, a peak 3.1 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Ridge County Park: 6.1 mi
- Ross Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Pine Ridge Park: 6.7 mi
- Saylor Park: 7.5 mi
- Engh Field: 9.1 mi
- Squirrel Hill: 3.1 mi
- Fort Hill: 3.2 mi
- Penn View Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Rager Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Bear Rocks: 7.5 mi
- IUP Arch: 14.5 mi
- Jack Be Nimble: 15.3 mi
- The Elf Pond: 15.3 mi
- Hush A Bye Baby: 15.3 mi
- Hickory Dickory Dock: 15.3 mi
- POW MIA: 8.0 mi
- Eliza Furnace: 8.9 mi
- Mine Entrance Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Rolling Mills Mine Disaster: 9.9 mi
- John P. Murtha Statue: 10.1 mi
- Wagner-Ritter House: 9.2 mi
- Johnstown Flood Museum: 10.0 mi
- IUP Museum: 14.5 mi
- Conemaugh Township Area Historical Society: 15.0 mi
- Conemaugh Township Historical Society: 15.0 mi
- Morley’s Dog: 10.1 mi
- Spirit of the Warrior: 14.3 mi
- Castleform: 14.4 mi
- The Arch: 14.5 mi
- Ghost: 14.5 mi
- State Game Lands Number 273: 10.7 mi
- Yellow Creek State Park: 11.0 mi
- Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center: 17.1 mi
- Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center: 19.2 mi
- Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve: 19.6 mi
- Laurel Hill: 5.5 mi
- Suncliff: 9.8 mi
- Ninety Foot Rocks: 19.6 mi
- Beam Rocks: 20.4 mi
- Wolf Rocks: 20.7 mi
- Laurel Ave Community Garden: 8.1 mi
- Monastic Garden Area: 19.5 mi
- Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve Colonial Garden: 19.7 mi
- Penn State Master Gardeners’ Richard E. Thorn Memorial Gardens: 24.0 mi
- Hinckston Falls: 9.9 mi
- Turtle Falls: 13.2 mi
- Slovak Club Picnic Grounds: 15.6 mi
- Babcock Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Keystone Beach: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buttermilk Falls Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | SSW 199° | 893 m | 22.2 mi |
| Sugar Camp Hill | S 188° | 887 m | 13.1 mi |
| Pea Vine Hill | SSW 195° | 886 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mystery Hill | S 188° | 878 m | 13.6 mi |
| Irwin Hill | S 184° | 868 m | 12.1 mi |
| Pike's Peak | S 190° | 868 m | 14.7 mi |
| Ulery Hill | SSW 195° | 863 m | 18.5 mi |
| Penrod Hill | SSW 195° | 855 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:10 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:10 | 16:54 |
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 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indiana 3 SE, 13 mi away.
- Banded Tussock Moth17 obs
- Snakewort15 obs
- mayapple7 obs
- mountain laurel6 obs
- Virginia waterleaf6 obs
- Japanese pachysandra6 obs
- red trillium5 obs
- White-tailed Deer4 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/880658481
Day trips start here
- Greensburg · 26 mi
- Donegal · 27 mi
- Somerset · 29 mi
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