Gouldsboro State Park
Gouldsboro State Park is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 576 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the west, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Gouldsboro State Park Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. Governor Casey Byway passes 15 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
- 28.1 mi off the Delaware River Valley
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Keipel Hill: 1.7 mi
- Dresser Hill: 5.0 mi
- Blair Hill: 5.6 mi
- Shaffers Knob: 6.9 mi
- Turkey Knoll: 7.3 mi
- Coolbaugh Township Municipal Park: 3.2 mi
- E-Park: 5.1 mi
- Daleville: 6.5 mi
- Daleville: 6.5 mi
- Daleville: 6.6 mi
- Red Caboose Museum: 8.4 mi
- Virigin Mary Statue: 8.6 mi
- Gertrude Walker Gift to the Lacawac Sanctuary: 13.2 mi
- Wallenpaupack Lake Estates 9/11 Memorial: 15.3 mi
- Galderi Memorial Fountain: 15.6 mi
- Tobyhanna State Park: 1.6 mi
- Kephart Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Wiley Preserve: 4.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 135: 5.7 mi
- Hemlock Sanctuary: 5.9 mi
- Choke Creek Falls: 9.2 mi
- Bond Hill Falls: 10.8 mi
- Great Falls of the Lehigh: 11.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Falls: 11.3 mi
- Indian Ladder Falls: 11.7 mi
- Gouldsboro Train Station: 1.5 mi
- Tobyhanna Train Station: 3.6 mi
- Wills Mansion Museum: 4.4 mi
- Cresco Station Museum: 10.2 mi
- MARINE CORPS LEAGUE: 15.3 mi
- Appalachian Express Mountain Coaster: 13.2 mi
- weather station: 13.3 mi
- osprey nest: 13.5 mi
- Deagan Chimes: 13.7 mi
- Iceberg Alley Luge: 13.8 mi
- Jacob and the Angel Sculpture: 16.2 mi
- Metanoia: 16.3 mi
- Christ the Teacher Sculpture: 16.4 mi
- Penn State Nittany Lion: 16.4 mi
- 'The Office' Mural: 16.6 mi
- Glacier Lake Garden: 5.4 mi
- Labyrinth Garden: 10.8 mi
- native plant garden: 13.3 mi
- Freedom Garden: 15.6 mi
- R. N, Davis Memorial Garden: 15.7 mi
- Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 0.3 mi
- Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 3.1 mi
- Tall Timber Beach: 6.6 mi
- Deer Beach: 15.3 mi
- Indain Mountain Lake Beach: 15.5 mi
- The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 9.0 mi
- The Knob: 9.4 mi
- Ridgefield Point: 14.6 mi
- Devil's Elbow: 18.4 mi
- Campbell's Ledge: 19.9 mi
- Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
- Willow picnic grove: 9.6 mi
- Horeshoe picnic grove: 9.6 mi
- Robin Cove Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Pecks Pond Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Octave Spring: 2.9 mi
- Bill Warner Spring: 4.3 mi
- Sand Spring: 8.5 mi
- Pocono Spring: 12.3 mi
- Penn Springs: 23.6 mi
- Crescent Lake Rest Area: 12.1 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 15.2 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 15.4 mi
- Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 22.3 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Gouldsboro State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pine Hill | W 275° | 690 m | 9.4 mi |
| Dresser Hill | E 92° | 673 m | 5.0 mi |
| Pimple Hill | SSW 191° | 669 m | 13.7 mi |
| Lake Mountain | SSW 212° | 666 m | 14.7 mi |
| Big Shiney Mountain | WNW 287° | 664 m | 11.1 mi |
| Panther Hill | WNW 287° | 662 m | 8.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | W 274° | 658 m | 15.1 mi |
| Turkey Knoll | ESE 109° | 655 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:57 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:52 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Pocono Pocono Mountains MUN, 7 mi away.
- striped maple11 obs
- Eastern Newt10 obs
- white meadowsweet8 obs
- Common Watersnake7 obs
- hay-scented fern7 obs
- Canada mayflower6 obs
- American white waterlily5 obs
- sheep laurel5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/62344592
Day trips start here
- Sterling · 8 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 12 mi
- Dunmore · 16 mi
- Scranton · 17 mi
- Pocono Mountains · 19 mi
- Wilkes-Barre · 22 mi
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