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State Game Lands Number 163

State Game Lands Number 163 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 163 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 444 m. Brooks Rocks stands 583 m to the southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Colt's Station, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 6.4 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates42.13327, -79.83533

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Greenfield Community Park: 1.2 mi
  • North East Little League Park: 4.3 mi
  • Creekside Park: 5.0 mi
  • Sixmile Creek Park: 5.1 mi
  • Harborcreek Little League Park: 5.3 mi
Historic sites: 25
Museums: 23
Beaches: 21
  • Shorewood Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Freeport Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Shades Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Cowell Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 9.3 mi
Peaks: 14
Artworks: 4
  • Nittany Lion Shrine: 7.4 mi
  • Fruits of Labor: 12.4 mi
  • Jon's Fish Statue: 13.9 mi
  • Schaefer's Auto Art: 16.5 mi
Attractions: 4
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 1
  • Sulfur Spring: 18.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of State Game Lands Number 163. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brooks RocksSE 130°583 m24.9 mi
Baker HillSE 134°572 m21.4 mi
Sweet HillESE 105°569 m16.9 mi
Turner HillSE 142°559 m22.5 mi
Eastman HillSSE 157°551 m23.8 mi
Humphrey HillESE 123°534 m19.2 mi
Ingersol HillSE 130°533 m18.0 mi
Dowd HillSE 138°528 m17.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5519:32
June solstice05:4420:1721:00
September equinox07:0718:4219:18
December solstice07:4516:0616:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242533455665696861504030
Precip in4.12.93.64.24.44.54.73.74.44.53.94.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union City Filtration PLT, 16 mi away.

  • mayapple5 obs
  • sensitive fern5 obs
  • Rusty Blackbird3 obs
  • Spotted Salamander3 obs
  • Northern Slimy Salamander3 obs
  • Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander3 obs
  • Northern Dusky Salamander3 obs
  • Eastern Newt3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/389668065

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