McCormick Island
Marked no entry. Do not count on getting in.
McCormick Island is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 91 m. Short Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Estherton marker, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 91 m
How to reach it
- 24.4 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Estherton marker: 0.8 mi
- Harrisburg Military Post: 2.5 mi
- Oliver Rosenberg Memorial Pavilion: 2.6 mi
- Sons of Italy Columbus Garden: 2.6 mi
- Holocaust Memorial for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: 2.6 mi
- Italian Lake Park: 0.9 mi
- Summerdale Centennial Park: 1.3 mi
- Wildwood Park: 1.4 mi
- 7th & Radnor Sports Park: 1.4 mi
- Gorgas Playground: 1.4 mi
- Indian Echo Caverns: 10.7 mi
- Dellville Covered Bridge: 11.7 mi
- Hershey's Chocolate World: 13.1 mi
- Candymonium: 13.2 mi
- Carrousel: 13.2 mi
- Hawk Rock: 8.5 mi
- Third Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 9.6 mi
- Shepherd: 9.7 mi
- Cove Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Pennsylvania National Fire Museum: 2.1 mi
- Susquehanna Art Museum: 2.5 mi
- Centennial Barn: 2.6 mi
- Historic Harrisburg Association: 2.6 mi
- State Museum of Pennsylvania: 2.9 mi
- Dance of Eternal Spring: 0.9 mi
- Andrew Curtin statue: 1.8 mi
- Circle of Peace: 2.5 mi
- John F. Hartranft Statue: 3.2 mi
- The Gallery at Walnut Place: 3.2 mi
- Atlas Street Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Wesley AME Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Peffer Street Pollinator Garden: 2.0 mi
- Dauphin County Community Gardens: 2.3 mi
- GUI Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Fort Hunter Conservancy: 4.0 mi
- Hamer Woodlands at Cove Mountain Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Peiffer Memorial Arboretum and Nature Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Ibberson Park: 6.1 mi
- Camp Hebron Sanctuary: 8.8 mi
- Orr's Bridge Spring: 5.1 mi
- Eichelberger Spring: 5.3 mi
- Spring Lake Spring: 5.4 mi
- Pine Springs: 8.7 mi
- Spring Creek Springs: 14.7 mi
- Original Carrousel Circle: 13.3 mi
- Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Rowland Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Hemlock Grove: 18.4 mi
- Quitte Creek Nature Park: 21.2 mi
- Concrete Beach: 3.3 mi
- Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 23.1 mi
- Rausch Gap: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McCormick Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | NNE 27° | 500 m | 21.5 mi |
| Stony Mountain | NE 45° | 491 m | 16.3 mi |
| Third Mountain | NNE 33° | 488 m | 9.5 mi |
| Buck Ridge Tower | SW 230° | 488 m | 24.7 mi |
| Long Mountain | SW 217° | 479 m | 18.6 mi |
| Hammonds Rocks | SW 228° | 462 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mount Holly | SW 228° | 459 m | 21.1 mi |
| Berry Mountain | NNE 15° | 435 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 51 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg 1 NE, 3 mi away.
- American Bullfrog120 obs
- Great Egret115 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird102 obs
- Painted Turtle102 obs
- Green Frog92 obs
- Common Garter Snake84 obs
- Wood Duck77 obs
- Canada Goose76 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/10063740
Day trips start here
- York · 25 mi
- Wrightsville · 28 mi
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