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State Game Lands Number 218

State Game Lands Number 218 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 218 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 394 m. Baker Hill stands 572 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Greene Township Park, a park 2.9 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 8.8 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates42.05141, -79.92087

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Greene Township Park: 2.9 mi
  • Hartman Park: 3.9 mi
  • Sixmile Creek Park: 5.1 mi
  • Paderewski Park: 5.2 mi
  • Headwaters Park: 5.6 mi
Historic sites: 23
Museums: 20
Beaches: 19
Peaks: 14
Artworks: 4
  • Nittany Lion Shrine: 5.6 mi
  • Fruits of Labor: 9.4 mi
  • Schaefer's Auto Art: 11.0 mi
  • Jon's Fish Statue: 14.6 mi
Attractions: 4
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area: 19.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Sulfur Spring: 20.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of State Game Lands Number 218. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baker HillESE 115°572 m21.8 mi
Sweet HillE 87°569 m20.7 mi
Turner HillESE 123°559 m21.9 mi
Eastman HillSE 139°551 m21.3 mi
Humphrey HillESE 103°534 m21.1 mi
Ingersol HillESE 108°533 m19.2 mi
Dowd HillESE 114°528 m17.4 mi
Pleasant HillS 178°495 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5519:32
June solstice05:4520:1721:00
September equinox07:0818:4219:19
December solstice07:4516:0716:52

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, 11 mi away.

  • Eastern Newt8 obs
  • Monarch6 obs
  • Spotted Salamander5 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage5 obs
  • swamp milkweed5 obs
  • Bobolink4 obs
  • Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander4 obs
  • Common Garter Snake4 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/16265292

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