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State Game Lands Number 209

State Game Lands Number 209 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 209 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 266 m. High Knob stands 624 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Fish Cabin Falls, a waterfall 2.4 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 0.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.42571, -74.83145

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Rohman Park: 5.3 mi
  • Hickok Brook Multiple Use Area: 5.6 mi
  • Grey Towers Historical Site: 6.8 mi
  • Remembrance Park: 7.0 mi
  • Georgiana P. Kiger Park: 7.1 mi
Historic sites: 35
  • Old Pipeline Remnant: 7.6 mi
  • Erie Roundhouse: 7.9 mi
  • Millville Historic District: 8.2 mi
  • Tri-State Monument: 8.5 mi
  • Franklin Memorial Wall: 8.8 mi
Attractions: 34
  • RIVER ACCESS sign: 13.1 mi
  • uncleared path continues: 14.4 mi
  • tree stand: 14.4 mi
  • tree stand: 14.5 mi
  • unmown path continues: 14.7 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Waterfalls: 28
Beaches: 24
  • West End Beach: 7.3 mi
  • PWLPOA Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Gold Key Beach: 9.3 mi
  • High Point Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Stone Beach: 11.8 mi
Museums: 17
Rest areas: 6
  • Pike Welcome Center: 7.8 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 10.6 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 10.6 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 20.7 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 20.8 mi
Gardens: 6
  • The Smith-Harker Community Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Muriel's Garden: 18.6 mi
  • The Meditation Garden: 20.5 mi
  • Founder's Park: 21.2 mi
  • native plant garden: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • The Cliff: 8.8 mi
  • steep bluff: 11.8 mi
  • Ridgefield Point: 20.7 mi
  • Pike Rock: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Glass Tentacles: 15.9 mi
  • Buffalo Statue: 16.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of State Game Lands Number 209. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High KnobWSW 240°624 m17.5 mi
Low KnobWSW 243°607 m16.9 mi
West HillWSW 244°605 m17.8 mi
Mud Pond MountainWSW 241°582 m20.5 mi
Belle MountainWSW 240°576 m18.7 mi
High PointSE 129°551 m11.4 mi
Big HillW 267°531 m17.2 mi
Bear Trap MountainWSW 258°529 m20.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3519:12
June solstice05:2719:5520:37
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:2315:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475766706962504031
Precip in3.12.93.93.93.35.43.74.44.74.73.34.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Matamoras, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • alder buckthorn5 obs
  • Timber Rattlesnake3 obs
  • Bald Eagle2 obs
  • Barred Owl2 obs
  • Eastern Newt2 obs
  • Ghost Pipe2 obs
  • Japanese barberry2 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain2 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/393078057

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