State Game Lands Number 173
State Game Lands Number 173 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 337 m. Portersville Hill stands 445 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Beaverkettle Farms Conservation Land, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway passes 6.3 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pennsylvania Game Commission
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway
- 3.5 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 28.3 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Old Fort Steuben Bridge Pier Viewpoint · 22 mi
- Highland Hills Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lock 57 Community Park: 3.2 mi
- Brighton Township Park: 3.7 mi
- Hardy Field Complex: 4.0 mi
- Shippingsport Community Park: 4.2 mi
- Columbian Park: 4.9 mi
- Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey: 3.5 mi
- Culbertson Mill: 4.9 mi
- Culbertson Mill: 4.9 mi
- Death of Pretty Boy Floyd: 6.9 mi
- Canal Lock #36: 8.4 mi
- Beatty Hill: 5.1 mi
- Stewart Hill: 6.2 mi
- Bliss Hill: 6.2 mi
- Clover Hill: 7.5 mi
- Booth Hill: 7.8 mi
- Tri-State Black Museum: 5.5 mi
- East Liverpool Firefighting Museum: 6.9 mi
- East Liverpool Museum of Ceramics: 7.0 mi
- Air Heritage Museum: 8.1 mi
- Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center: 8.1 mi
- World's Largest Teapot: 6.2 mi
- But I Misunderstood: 10.8 mi
- Toronto Veterans Mural: 16.1 mi
- Arch: 16.6 mi
- Totus Tuus: 19.5 mi
- Purgatory Falls: 3.5 mi
- Fredericktown Falls: 4.2 mi
- Stewarts Falls: 4.8 mi
- Upper Sheepskin Hollow Falls: 5.8 mi
- Lower Sheepskin Hollow Falls: 5.9 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 8.7 mi
- Beaver Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Toronto Community Garden: 16.0 mi
- Peri Van Winkle Gardens: 16.4 mi
- Herb Garden: 18.1 mi
- Indian Rock: 8.2 mi
- 155mm Gun M1: 9.4 mi
- Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort: 11.7 mi
- Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort: 11.9 mi
- The Edgeworth Club: 17.2 mi
- Rider's Ridge: 10.5 mi
- Boggs Trailhead Picnic Site: 19.1 mi
- Picnic Tables for Building 500: 19.7 mi
- Picnic tables for Building 800: 19.8 mi
- White Pine Grove: 23.8 mi
- Warriors Point: 15.7 mi
- Point Pleasant: 18.4 mi
- BAB: 9.2 mi
- Lacock Spring: 10.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of State Game Lands Number 173. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portersville Hill | NE 44° | 445 m | 24.5 mi |
| Quakers Knob | S 173° | 443 m | 23.2 mi |
| Round Knob | W 269° | 433 m | 10.7 mi |
| Big Knob | ENE 77° | 423 m | 14.3 mi |
| Stewart Hill | SSW 210° | 412 m | 6.2 mi |
| Fletcher Hill | NNE 23° | 410 m | 18.8 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNE 23° | 409 m | 18.5 mi |
| Norton Hill | SW 216° | 408 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:16 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:15 | 16:58 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montgomery L&D, 5 mi away.
- Monarch3 obs
- orange hawkweed3 obs
- Common Garter Snake2 obs
- Mottled Sculpin2 obs
- American Toad2 obs
- white snakeroot2 obs
- Hairy Wood Mint2 obs
- Ring-necked Pheasant1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/883057159
Day trips start here
- Lisbon · 17 mi
- Sewickley · 18 mi
- Coraopolis · 19 mi
- Cranberry · 19 mi
- Franklin Park · 21 mi
- Robinson Township · 23 mi
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