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State Game Lands Number 225

State Game Lands Number 225 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 225 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 308 m. Panther Head stands 473 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Peak, a peak 1.9 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 2.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.31237, -76.19893
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Eagle Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Kline Hill: 3.3 mi
  • South Mountain Manor: 5.3 mi
  • Cannon Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Cushion Peak: 6.6 mi
Parks
  • Newmanstown Athletic Association: 2.7 mi
  • Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
  • Noel K. Hertzog Memorial Fields: 2.9 mi
  • Conrad Weiser Park: 3.5 mi
  • Womelsdorf Park: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Womelsdorf War Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Toll House: 6.7 mi
  • Ephrata War Memorial: 9.0 mi
  • Ephrata Unleashed Memorial: 9.4 mi
  • The Wilson Bulldog: 10.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Schaeffer Farm: 5.5 mi
  • Mother Tucker's Antiques: 7.8 mi
  • Koziar's Christmas Village: 7.9 mi
  • Farm Life in Berks County: 7.9 mi
  • Grace's Pharmacy: 7.9 mi
Nature reserves: 42
Artworks: 37
  • Santa Claus: 7.9 mi
  • Winters Leadership Memorial: 9.4 mi
  • Egg: 12.0 mi
  • Der Distelfink Statue: 12.1 mi
  • Sculpture Plaza: 12.2 mi
Gardens: 21
  • The Courtyard: 8.7 mi
  • Weidner Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Doctor's Grove: 12.1 mi
  • Fern Island: 12.2 mi
  • Salad & Herb Garden: 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • White Oak Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Red Rock Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
  • Sunfish Pond Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
  • Penryn Church Grove: 11.5 mi
  • Bortz Pavilion: 12.2 mi
Springs: 14
  • Bethany Childrens Home Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Schaefferstown Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Lititz Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Springs of Punches Run: 12.8 mi
  • Mammoth Spring: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 1
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 15.4 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Acrigg's Falls: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of State Game Lands Number 225. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Panther HeadNW 325°473 m22.9 mi
Sharp MountainNNW 344°445 m23.0 mi
Eagle PeakNNE 21°396 m1.9 mi
Governor Dick HillWSW 251°350 m14.3 mi
Red MountainNNW 337°345 m23.7 mi
Mount PennE 81°342 m15.8 mi
Little MountainNW 313°337 m16.6 mi
Swope MountainNW 318°332 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3619:5820:39
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2515:5916:42

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283039506069747365534334
Precip in3.32.63.93.83.84.85.24.65.04.33.23.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blue Marsh Lake, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly12 obs
  • Restless Bush Cricket7 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle6 obs
  • sassafras4 obs
  • Asian bittersweet4 obs
  • Brown Marmorated Stink Bug4 obs
  • striped wintergreen4 obs
  • Oak Wart Gall Wasp4 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/18831522

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