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State Game Lands Number 246

State Game Lands Number 246 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 246 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 250 m. Stony Mountain stands 491 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Top, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Read posted regulations or get more info online. Camping is not allowed. Wearing blaze orange on head, chest and back is required November 15 through December 15 even if you're not a hunter. There are many more rules.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.21646, -76.67676
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Susquehanna Street Park: 2.1 mi
  • Shank Park: 2.1 mi
  • Koons Park: 2.3 mi
  • Swatara Park: 2.6 mi
  • Old Swatara Landing Strip: 2.8 mi
Attractions
  • Indian Echo Caverns: 3.3 mi
  • Candymonium: 4.9 mi
  • sooperdooperLooper: 5.0 mi
  • Tilt-A-Whirl: 5.0 mi
  • Traffic Jam: 5.0 mi
Museums: 60
  • Hummelstown Area Historical Society Library & Office: 3.8 mi
  • Kinderhaus: 4.8 mi
  • The Hershey Story: 4.9 mi
  • Engine House and Lincoln Museum: 5.1 mi
  • AACA Museum: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
Peaks: 44
Artworks: 43
  • The Promise: 3.3 mi
  • Milton S. Hershey: 5.0 mi
  • The Boy with the Leaking Boot: 5.7 mi
  • Girl Chasing Butterflies: 5.7 mi
  • Winter: 5.8 mi
Nature reserves: 39
Gardens: 28
  • Historic Hershey Rose Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Bill Bowman Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Palmyra Community Library: 7.6 mi
  • Northside Garden: 8.1 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 5.0 mi
  • Quitte Creek Nature Park: 11.8 mi
  • Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Hemlock Grove: 14.7 mi
  • Penryn Church Grove: 16.2 mi
Springs: 9
  • Spring Creek Springs: 5.3 mi
  • Donegal Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Penryth Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Spring Lake Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Eichelberger Spring: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 2
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Concrete Beach: 11.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Acrigg's Falls: 21.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of State Game Lands Number 246. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony MountainN 358°491 m17.5 mi
Third MountainNNW 334°488 m15.7 mi
Long MountainWSW 249°479 m24.9 mi
Berry MountainNNW 340°435 m23.4 mi
Round TopN 356°422 m20.0 mi
Cove MountainWNW 294°419 m23.7 mi
Stone HeadWSW 248°418 m23.8 mi
Nells HillWSW 243°403 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3819:5920:40
September equinox06:5518:3019:06
December solstice07:2616:0116:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313342536373777568564536
Precip in3.02.63.73.63.84.04.73.84.83.83.03.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/10615639

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