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State Game Lands Number 222

State Game Lands Number 222 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 222 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 288 m. Bears Head stands 634 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Atlas Park, a park 2.5 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.71533, -76.00429
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Atlas Park: 2.5 mi
  • Walker Township Public Park: 3.4 mi
  • Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: 5.6 mi
  • South Ward Playground: 5.6 mi
  • Willing Memorial Park: 5.9 mi
Peaks
  • Wildcat Mountain: 2.8 mi
  • Wildcat Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • Hawk Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Dans Pulpit: 5.0 mi
  • Locust Mountain: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Shellhamer Ice Dam: 5.2 mi
  • Newkirk Veterans Memorial: 5.3 mi
  • KIA: 5.7 mi
  • P&R Railroad Depot: 6.0 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans: 8.4 mi
Attractions: 31
  • Whitewater Rafting Adventures: 15.2 mi
  • Crystal Cave: 15.6 mi
  • 100 Mile View: 16.6 mi
  • Kutztown Fairgrounds: 18.0 mi
  • Halls of Horror: 21.5 mi
Museums: 19
  • The No. 9 Coal Mine & Museum: 9.6 mi
  • Mahanoy Area Historical Society: 9.9 mi
  • Summit Hill Historical Society: 10.1 mi
  • Hamburg Area Historical Society: 11.2 mi
  • JWR Automobile Museum: 11.3 mi
Nature reserves: 18
Artworks: 13
Gardens: 10
Springs: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • Terrace Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Onoko Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Cave Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Un-named Falls: 18.8 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Eagle Rock Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 17.2 mi
  • Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 17.5 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 17.8 mi
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Peace Rock: 9.8 mi
  • Gorgeous Rocks: 17.2 mi
  • Bear Mountain Overlook: 18.4 mi
  • Round Head: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Camp Apple Tree: 14.6 mi
  • C. Q. McWilliams Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Columbia County Rest Area Eastbound: 24.0 mi
  • Columbia County Rest Area Westbound: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of State Game Lands Number 222. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bears HeadNNW 337°634 m10.1 mi
Buck MountainN 11°603 m21.1 mi
Buck MountainNNW 327°592 m19.4 mi
Blue HeadNNW 340°557 m11.9 mi
Round HeadNNW 343°556 m12.5 mi
Broad MountainNE 38°549 m17.0 mi
Scrub MountainNE 44°543 m20.9 mi
South Buck MountainNW 326°539 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3419:5820:39
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2515:5716:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252634475766706862513930
Precip in3.93.04.24.44.65.15.24.75.24.84.14.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mahanoy City 2 N, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/21633518

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