Parker Dam State Park
Parker Dam State Park is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 481 m. Boone Mountain stands 736 m to the west-northwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is C.C.C. Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 16 miles off. 137 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
How to reach it
- 15.6 mi off the Bucktail Trail
- 27.8 mi off the High Plateau Scenic Byway
137 named places within 25 miles
- Hemlock Ave Park: 3.8 mi
- Byrnedale Park: 6.3 mi
- Mt Zion Historical Park: 7.3 mi
- Main St Park: 10.1 mi
- Captain Kidd Park: 11.2 mi
- The Hogback: 6.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 7.3 mi
- Hobo Hill: 7.5 mi
- Red Hill: 7.5 mi
- Boone Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Tornado Display: 0.8 mi
- Coal conveyor: 3.0 mi
- Tyler Coke Ovens: 3.0 mi
- Crystal Springs Inn: 5.2 mi
- Simon B. Elliott Monument: 6.0 mi
- C.C.C. Museum: 0.1 mi
- Elk Country Visitor Center: 11.2 mi
- Grice Clearfield Community Museum: 12.7 mi
- DuBois Area Historical Society: 14.4 mi
- Taylor Memorial Museum: 15.2 mi
- Blowout Spring: 2.8 mi
- Gardner Hill Spring: 7.8 mi
- Mountain Blood Spring: 9.1 mi
- Moose Creek Spring: 10.4 mi
- Beaverlick Spring: 11.3 mi
- Dr. Colson E. Blakeslee Memorial Recreation Area: 8.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 77: 13.8 mi
- State Game Lands Number 78: 19.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 98: 20.4 mi
- The Little Caring Caboose: 14.8 mi
- Presidential Train Car: 14.8 mi
- Bilger's Rocks: 14.9 mi
- "THE ROCKS" swimming hole: 15.2 mi
- John DuBois: 13.6 mi
- Cannons Memorial Statue: 21.2 mi
- Cameron County Bucktails monument: 21.6 mi
- Vineyard Point: 18.2 mi
- Blue Rock: 18.8 mi
- Elk Lick Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 0.1 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 0.5 mi
- Parker Dam State Park Beach: 0.3 mi
- Bimini Beach: 11.3 mi
- Jefferson County Rest Area Westbound: 22.8 mi
- Jefferson County Rest Area Eastbound: 23.7 mi
- Table Falls: 14.4 mi
- Ellmont: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Parker Dam State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boone Mountain | WNW 294° | 736 m | 7.9 mi |
| Chestnut Ridge-Clearfield County Highpoint | ESE 108° | 735 m | 8.3 mi |
| Clearfield County Highpoint #2 | SSW 199° | 735 m | 9.9 mi |
| Big Knob | ESE 111° | 714 m | 9.6 mi |
| Old Round Top | ENE 68° | 710 m | 8.4 mi |
| The Knobs | ESE 111° | 709 m | 9.6 mi |
| Jarrets Summit | N 5° | 702 m | 24.2 mi |
| North Fork Summit | N 359° | 700 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:09 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:05 | 16:49 |
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, 12 mi away.
- Eastern Newt24 obs
- eastern hemlock23 obs
- Steeplebush20 obs
- American beech19 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander13 obs
- orange hawkweed13 obs
- Common Watersnake12 obs
- red maple12 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.
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