Nockamixon State Park
Nockamixon State Park is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 120 m. Bauer Rock stands 317 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Swimming pool area, a park 0.7 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 8.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
- 18.0 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Delaware River Valley
- 23.8 mi off the Blue Route
Overlooks nearby
- Goat Hill Overlook · 17 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 17 mi
- South Overlook · 17 mi
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Swimming pool area: 0.7 mi
- Lake Towhee Park: 2.1 mi
- Benner Memorial Park: 4.8 mi
- Markey Park: 4.9 mi
- Championship Hill: 4.9 mi
- Rosicrucian Pyramid: 2.2 mi
- Bump Track: 3.0 mi
- Gnome Home: 3.2 mi
- In Memory of Harrison Willing: 4.9 mi
- Quakertown Veterans' War Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Haycock Mountain: 2.4 mi
- North Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Cressman Hill: 4.4 mi
- Rock Hill: 4.4 mi
- Hunsberger Knoll: 4.7 mi
- Stokes House: 2.6 mi
- Richland Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- Springfield Township Historical Society: 6.0 mi
- Upper Bucks Visitor Center at the Marketplace Barn: 6.2 mi
- Liberty Hall: 6.2 mi
- Jerry Pursell Nature Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Fuller Preserve (Jere Knight Nature Trail): 6.2 mi
- Nockamixon Cliffs Natural Area: 8.4 mi
- Ringing Rocks County Park: 9.3 mi
- Kugler Woods Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Cabin Run covered bridge: 6.7 mi
- Lost River Caverns: 10.0 mi
- Solebury Orchards: 12.0 mi
- SteelStacks: 12.9 mi
- Tavern 18 century: 13.0 mi
- Jerry D. Kratz Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Herb Garden: 10.3 mi
- Lehigh Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Hopewell Park Rose Garden: 11.6 mi
- Doylestown Community Garden: 11.7 mi
- Totem Pole: 8.0 mi
- Our Lady of Czestochowa Statue: 9.9 mi
- Mr. Imagination's Sculpture Garden: 12.4 mi
- Horse and Buggy: 12.7 mi
- The Bridge: 13.0 mi
- Island Picnic Grove: 7.4 mi
- Charlie Brown's Clearing: 12.9 mi
- Picinic Table (S): 15.0 mi
- Picinic Table (C): 15.0 mi
- Picinic Table (S): 15.0 mi
- lower waterfall ledge: 7.4 mi
- Nockamixon Cliffs: 8.3 mi
- Devil's Tea Table: 8.9 mi
- Mount Washington: 16.0 mi
- Washington's Rock: 17.0 mi
- Kerr Spring: 11.8 mi
- Lehigh Park Spring: 15.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 16.1 mi
- Helfrichs Spring: 17.9 mi
- Poorhouse Spring: 18.2 mi
- 309 Truck Stop: 8.1 mi
- Rest Area: 14.8 mi
- High Falls: 9.3 mi
- High Falls: 11.2 mi
- Wilson Avenue River Access: 12.7 mi
- Fricks Locks Historic District: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Nockamixon State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauer Rock | NW 305° | 317 m | 13.0 mi |
| Flint Hill | NW 311° | 308 m | 7.8 mi |
| Gaffney Hill | N 355° | 308 m | 11.8 mi |
| Kirchberg | NNW 336° | 305 m | 10.1 mi |
| South Mountain | NW 322° | 301 m | 12.1 mi |
| Haycock Mountain | NNE 21° | 295 m | 2.4 mi |
| Kohlberg | NNW 335° | 294 m | 8.2 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | WNW 288° | 282 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:54 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:55 | 16:38 |
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 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bucksville, 4 mi away.
- bloodroot36 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant33 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty32 obs
- mayapple31 obs
- Golden Oyster Mushroom30 obs
- Great Blue Heron27 obs
- autumn olive26 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail25 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/63387472
Day trips start here
- Quakertown · 6 mi
- Bucks County · 10 mi
- Hellertown · 10 mi
- Frenchtown · 11 mi
- Doylestown · 12 mi
- Peddler's Village · 13 mi
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