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Ricketts Glen State Park

Ricketts Glen State Park from directly overhead

Ricketts Glen State Park is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 668 m. Huckleberry Mountain stands 762 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Ice House, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Gateway to the Endless Mountains passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.34738, -76.22573
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • North Mountain: 1.4 mi
  • Jackson Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Bethel Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Grand View: 5.1 mi
  • Kocher Mountain: 5.7 mi
Parks
Waterfalls: 42
Historic sites: 15
  • Ice House: 0.4 mi
  • Lake Leigh Dam: 2.4 mi
  • Creveling Lakes: 3.9 mi
  • tannery: 7.3 mi
  • saw mill: 7.4 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Museums: 9
  • Sullivan County Historical Society Museum: 14.8 mi
  • Baldwin House: 14.8 mi
  • Eagles Mere Air Museum and Eagles Mere Auto Museum: 16.7 mi
  • Endless Mountains War Memorial Museum: 17.1 mi
  • Luzerne County Museum: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Roadside Rest: 15.7 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Northbound: 21.9 mi
  • Blue Ridge Travel Plaza: 22.8 mi
  • Columbia County Rest Area Westbound: 23.4 mi
  • Columbia County Rest Area Eastbound: 23.5 mi
Attractions: 4
  • The Mary Stegmaier Mansion: 19.0 mi
  • The Big Cow: 20.0 mi
  • Sullivan County Fairgrounds: 21.4 mi
  • Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 24.3 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Hyperview: 19.1 mi
  • Toni the Tomato Mule: 22.6 mi
  • The Famous Tomato Statue: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Jean Beach: 3.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Baldwin House Garden: 14.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Mineral Spring: 19.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Ricketts Glen State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Huckleberry MountainWSW 254°762 m14.7 mi
RoundtopW 268°758 m14.2 mi
Grand ViewWSW 238°745 m5.1 mi
Red Rock MountainWSW 244°721 m5.8 mi
Tyler MountainN 352°718 m14.0 mi
Forkston MountainNE 37°715 m13.6 mi
South MountainNE 39°709 m10.3 mi
Bartlett MountainN 9°705 m11.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3220:0120:42
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2815:5516:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765696861504030
Precip in3.22.53.44.44.74.54.54.54.94.83.43.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Benton 3 NE, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Largemouth Bass39 obs
  • Eastern Newt20 obs
  • Chalk-fronted Corporal12 obs
  • Red-spotted Admiral12 obs
  • Great Spangled Fritillary11 obs
  • shining firmoss10 obs
  • Skimming Bluet10 obs
  • Gray Spruce Looper Moth10 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/62344425

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