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State Game Lands Number 136

State Game Lands Number 136 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 136 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Welsh Mountain stands 313 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Rock Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Mason and Dixon Byway passes 11 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.85527, -76.11020

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Colerain TownshipCommunity Park: 1.7 mi
  • Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
  • Huffnagle Park: 4.0 mi
  • Oxford Area Regional Park: 7.6 mi
  • Wolf's Hollow County Park: 7.9 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Turntable pit: 8.7 mi
  • Thomas Neel Homestead: 9.9 mi
  • Bald Friar Road & Ferry: 11.3 mi
  • Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock: 11.7 mi
  • Lock 12: 12.0 mi
Museums: 52
Gardens: 43
Peaks: 37
  • Stony Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Oak Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Goat Hill: 9.2 mi
Attractions: 34
Artworks: 20
  • Jakes Country Trading Post: 11.1 mi
  • Indian Steps Totem Pole: 14.1 mi
  • Missles Into Plowshares: 15.2 mi
  • Parallel Bar Carving: 15.2 mi
  • Parallel Bar Carving: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Wildcat Point: 11.4 mi
  • ZP16: 11.5 mi
  • ZP34: 11.8 mi
  • ZP37: 11.9 mi
  • ZP35: 12.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Leaman Place Junction: 10.3 mi
  • Deer Creek Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
  • Trestle Trail Picnic Site: 18.5 mi
  • Wilson's Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
  • Rock Ridge Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Black Rock Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Black Barren Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Lititz Spring: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of State Game Lands Number 136. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Welsh MountainNNE 28°313 m20.6 mi
Silver HillNNE 18°283 m23.7 mi
Turkey HillNNE 15°255 m22.0 mi
Gap HillNNE 33°252 m10.7 mi
Ephrata MountainN 353°246 m22.2 mi
Stony HillNNW 327°233 m6.2 mi
Red HillWNW 290°192 m10.5 mi
Oak HillNNW 338°190 m7.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3719:5620:37
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:2316:0116:43

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303241526170757366544335
Precip in3.52.94.23.83.64.54.54.75.24.13.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Octoraro Lake, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Toad12 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage9 obs
  • yellow trout lily7 obs
  • mayapple7 obs
  • shining firmoss7 obs
  • mountain laurel6 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail5 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/403113879

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