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State Game Lands Number 165

State Game Lands Number 165 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 165 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 390 m. Buck Mountain stands 592 m to the east-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.79895, -76.63466
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Trevorton Foundry: 2.4 mi
  • Kemp Stadium: 2.9 mi
  • Ferndale Ballfields: 3.5 mi
  • Claude Kehler Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
  • Market Street Median Park: 4.0 mi
Attractions: 53
  • Downdraft: 8.6 mi
  • Fandango: 8.6 mi
  • Tumbling Timbers: 8.6 mi
  • Phoenix: 8.7 mi
  • Gasoline Alley Antique Cars: 8.7 mi
Peaks: 42
  • Big Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Mahanoy Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Shamokin Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Blue Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Blue Hill: 10.6 mi
Historic sites: 33
  • Trevorton WWII Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • North Franklin Colliery: 2.8 mi
  • 10th Ward Honor Roll: 3.8 mi
  • Stanley Coveleski Monument: 4.0 mi
  • Big Cannon: 4.0 mi
Artworks: 20
Museums: 17
Nature reserves: 15
Gardens: 5
  • Butterfly Gardens: 10.0 mi
  • Hughes Memorial Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Tripollinator Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Saint Paul's Community Labyrinth: 15.1 mi
  • Castle Green Garden: 20.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • C. Q. McWilliams Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
  • Memorial Class Of 1916: 17.3 mi
  • Rowland Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
  • Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Montour County Rest Area Westbound: 14.0 mi
  • Montour County Rest Area Eastbound: 14.3 mi
  • Columbia County Rest Area Eastbound: 24.7 mi
  • Columbia County Rest Area Westbound: 24.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Un-named Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Swatara Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Acrigg's Falls: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Chambers Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Bear Spring 2: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of State Game Lands Number 165. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainENE 65°592 m24.7 mi
Catawissa MountainENE 64°571 m18.5 mi
Big MountainE 82°552 m12.6 mi
Big Lick MountainSSE 169°545 m14.1 mi
South Buck MountainENE 67°539 m24.4 mi
Ashland MountainE 94°530 m18.8 mi
Good Spring MountainSSE 150°500 m13.6 mi
Short MountainSSW 198°500 m15.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3620:0120:42
September equinox06:5518:2919:06
December solstice07:2815:5916:43

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506068737064524233
Precip in3.52.53.74.34.24.84.44.15.24.33.53.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bear GAP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/13117256

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