State Game Lands Number 261
State Game Lands Number 261 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 524 m. Blue Knob stands 953 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooper Sawmill Recreation Area, a park 1.0 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 27 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pennsylvania Game Commission
How to reach it
- 27.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 29.0 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Sideling Hill Viewpoint · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Riddlesburg Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Harbor Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Kimber Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Nagley Knob: 2.9 mi
- River Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Cooper Sawmill Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
- Stonerstown Recreational Park: 6.8 mi
- Weaver Falls Access Area: 8.8 mi
- Tenley Park: 9.0 mi
- Snake Spring Community Park: 11.7 mi
- Diehl Spring: 9.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 12.5 mi
- Chaltbeate Spring: 13.4 mi
- Indian Springs: 13.5 mi
- Limestone Spring: 15.5 mi
- Oregon Camp: 7.3 mi
- 0-6-0 Locomotive: 7.5 mi
- Everett Area Honor Roll: 9.1 mi
- Cove Valley Travel Plaza: 9.4 mi
- Captain Phillips' Rangers Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Crawford's Museum & Gift Shop: 8.2 mi
- Friends of the East Broad Top: 8.8 mi
- Old Bedford Village: 14.4 mi
- Bedford Speedway Museum of Speed: 14.6 mi
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 14.6 mi
- Sideling Hill Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Willow Springs Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Mowery Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Burnt House Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Blankley Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- The Igloo: 9.1 mi
- Boot: 21.0 mi
- IRON: 21.4 mi
- Golden Tiger Statue: 23.7 mi
- The Little Point: 13.0 mi
- Diechland Point: 18.2 mi
- Herman Point: 20.8 mi
- Old Cliffs: 22.5 mi
- The Coffee Pot: 15.2 mi
- Old Duncansville Airmail field: 23.0 mi
- Tank: 24.1 mi
- State Game Lands Number 97: 17.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 53: 17.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 128: 22.1 mi
- Aitch: 18.5 mi
- Jarrett Falls: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of State Game Lands Number 261. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Knob | NW 307° | 953 m | 20.0 mi |
| Schaefer Head | NW 312° | 898 m | 21.4 mi |
| Ritchey Knob | NW 319° | 874 m | 21.0 mi |
| Cattle Knob | NW 314° | 865 m | 20.9 mi |
| Round Knob | NW 310° | 846 m | 20.6 mi |
| Pine Knob | NW 318° | 824 m | 20.2 mi |
| Kinton Knob | WSW 246° | 779 m | 17.3 mi |
| Coot Hill | NW 318° | 757 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:08 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Everett, 9 mi away.
- Mallard6 obs
- Wood Turtle2 obs
- northern maidenhair fern2 obs
- common mugwort2 obs
- hairy beardtongue2 obs
- Common Merganser1 obs
- American Robin1 obs
- Wood Thrush1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/14325963
Day trips start here
- Mercersburg · 27 mi
- Hancock · 29 mi
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