Dr. Colson E. Blakeslee Memorial Recreation Area
Dr. Colson E. Blakeslee Memorial Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 313 m. Boone Mountain stands 736 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Main St Park, a park 1.6 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 11 miles off. 146 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
Small parking area provides easy access to former railroad embankment available for hiking, biking, and equestrian use. A spur trail off the embankment (Anglers Path) is open for foot-traffic only, and leads a short distance to the Bennett Branch
What to expect
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Bucktail Trail
- 24.7 mi off the High Plateau Scenic Byway
146 named places within 25 miles
- Main St Park: 1.6 mi
- Mt Zion Historical Park: 5.0 mi
- Byrnedale Park: 5.8 mi
- Hemlock Ave Park: 6.4 mi
- Village Park: 10.3 mi
- Gray Hill: 3.0 mi
- Winslow Hill: 3.3 mi
- Old Round Top: 3.8 mi
- Grant Hill: 5.5 mi
- Red Hill: 6.2 mi
- The Cross: 3.6 mi
- Coal conveyor: 7.8 mi
- Tyler Coke Ovens: 7.9 mi
- Tornado Display: 8.1 mi
- Gifford Dam: 8.4 mi
- Blowout Spring: 6.0 mi
- Gardner Hill Spring: 11.2 mi
- Yellowsnake Spring water trough: 14.2 mi
- Big Spring: 14.2 mi
- Memorial Spring: 16.6 mi
- Elk Country Visitor Center: 2.5 mi
- C.C.C. Museum: 8.9 mi
- Little Museum: 13.3 mi
- Grice Clearfield Community Museum: 18.7 mi
- Taylor Memorial Museum: 21.0 mi
- Sinnemahoning S.P. Wildlife Viewing Area: 22.2 mi
- The Little Caring Caboose: 22.8 mi
- "THE ROCKS" swimming hole: 22.8 mi
- Presidential Train Car: 22.8 mi
- Bilger's Rocks: 23.1 mi
- Parker Dam State Park: 8.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 77: 21.5 mi
- State Game Lands Number 78: 22.1 mi
- Vineyard Point: 22.7 mi
- Blue Rock: 23.0 mi
- Elk Lick Bluff: 23.0 mi
- Table Falls: 7.7 mi
- 3 Runs Falls: 20.1 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 8.9 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 9.2 mi
- Parker Dam State Park Beach: 9.0 mi
- Bimini Beach: 19.6 mi
- Cameron County Bucktails monument: 13.8 mi
- John DuBois: 21.8 mi
- Ellmont: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dr. Colson E. Blakeslee Memorial Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boone Mountain | WSW 257° | 736 m | 13.5 mi |
| Chestnut Ridge-Clearfield County Highpoint | SSE 168° | 735 m | 9.1 mi |
| Clearfield County Highpoint #2 | SSW 210° | 735 m | 18.2 mi |
| Big Knob | SSE 163° | 714 m | 10.3 mi |
| Old Round Top | SSE 151° | 710 m | 3.8 mi |
| The Knobs | SSE 163° | 709 m | 10.4 mi |
| Jarrets Summit | NNW 348° | 702 m | 18.2 mi |
| North Fork Summit | NNW 340° | 700 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:09 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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 | 26 | 28 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clearfield Lawrence AP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1513211660
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