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Frances Slocum State Park

Frances Slocum State Park from directly overhead

Frances Slocum State Park is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 328 m. Forkston Mountain stands 715 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Kingston Township Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Gateway to the Endless Mountains passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.33985, -75.89326

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kingston Township Park: 2.1 mi
  • Michael V. Charney Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
  • Morgan Recreational Park: 2.8 mi
  • Pine Brook Park: 2.9 mi
  • Loveland Park: 2.9 mi
Peaks
  • Bunker Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Mount Lookout: 2.4 mi
  • Peterson Mountain: 3.3 mi
  • Friendship Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Larksville Mountain: 5.1 mi
Historic sites: 60
Waterfalls: 34
Nature reserves: 25
Museums: 14
Artworks: 12
  • Toni the Tomato Mule: 5.4 mi
  • The Famous Tomato Statue: 5.5 mi
  • Hyperview: 6.6 mi
  • 'The Office' Mural: 12.7 mi
  • Jason Miller: 12.8 mi
Attractions: 7
Gardens: 7
  • Prayer Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Mulberry Plaza: 13.1 mi
  • Lower Quad: 13.1 mi
  • Upper Quad: 13.1 mi
  • Freedom Garden: 13.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Roadside Rest: 11.6 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Northbound: 16.8 mi
  • Blue Ridge Travel Plaza: 18.4 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 20.0 mi
Springs: 4
  • Pocono Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Sand Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Octave Spring: 23.2 mi
  • Bill Warner Spring: 24.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Campbell's Ledge: 5.3 mi
  • Devil's Elbow: 18.3 mi
  • The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 20.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 17.3 mi
  • Glens Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Lake Jean Beach: 20.2 mi
  • Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Frances Slocum State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Forkston MountainNW 322°715 m14.5 mi
South MountainNW 309°709 m13.7 mi
North MountainW 268°693 m16.4 mi
Big Pine HillESE 118°690 m15.2 mi
Kocher MountainW 276°689 m11.7 mi
Pinnacle RockNE 50°685 m9.5 mi
Pinnacle RockNE 49°681 m9.6 mi
Miller MountainNNW 344°672 m10.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3919:16
June solstice05:3119:5920:41
September equinox06:5218:2619:03
December solstice07:2715:5416:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506169747265534333
Precip in2.62.12.83.33.33.83.63.94.13.72.82.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilkes-barre/scranton Intl AP, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose42 obs
  • White-tailed Deer42 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage31 obs
  • multiflora rose24 obs
  • sensitive fern24 obs
  • turkey-tail23 obs
  • Great Blue Heron21 obs
  • Bald Eagle21 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/143360925

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