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Conklin Run Wilderness Area

Conklin Run Wilderness Area from directly overhead

Conklin Run Wilderness Area is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 589 m. Huckleberry Mountain stands 762 m to the south, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Elklick Run Wilderness Area, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Gateway to the Endless Mountains passes 28 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Mokoma Conservancy
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.42469, -76.47631

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Pole Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Roundtop: 6.0 mi
  • Shrimp Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Wright Hill: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 50
Parks: 23
  • Cosgrove Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sullivan County Public Park: 0.9 mi
  • Laporte Borough Ball Park: 1.1 mi
  • Forksville Borough Community Park: 7.9 mi
  • King's Beach, Picture Rocks Park: 15.6 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Museums: 11
  • Sullivan County Historical Society Museum: 0.9 mi
  • Baldwin House: 0.9 mi
  • Eagles Mere Air Museum and Eagles Mere Auto Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Eagles Mere: 5.7 mi
  • Endless Mountains War Memorial Museum: 6.3 mi
Historic sites: 11
  • tannery: 10.1 mi
  • saw mill: 10.1 mi
  • Creveling Lakes: 10.6 mi
  • Lake Leigh Dam: 12.4 mi
  • Ice House: 14.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 2
  • Sullivan County Fairgrounds: 7.5 mi
  • Laporte House: 23.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Baldwin House Garden: 0.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Mineral Spring: 5.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Jean Beach: 11.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Conklin Run Wilderness Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Huckleberry MountainS 187°762 m9.4 mi
RoundtopSSW 192°758 m6.0 mi
Grand ViewSE 133°745 m11.8 mi
Red Rock MountainSE 135°721 m11.1 mi
Tyler MountainNE 53°718 m14.0 mi
Bartlett MountainENE 69°705 m15.7 mi
Hatch MountainN 3°704 m14.2 mi
Cahill MountainNNW 331°703 m13.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3320:0220:44
September equinox06:5418:2819:05
December solstice07:3015:5616:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222331435563686659473727
Precip in4.53.13.84.24.64.75.35.15.24.63.84.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laporte, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1313801264

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