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State Game Lands Number 265

State Game Lands Number 265 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 265 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 734 m. Mount Davis stands 979 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodcock Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Historic National Road - Pennsylvania passes 0.3 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.77717, -79.48506

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • The Chateau Terrace: 4.0 mi
  • Lafayette Square: 4.1 mi
  • Izaac Walton Park, Uniontown Chapter: 4.6 mi
  • Wharton Township Recreational Park: 4.7 mi
  • Stewart on the Green: 6.3 mi
Historic sites: 16
Attractions: 13
  • Flatrock: 5.4 mi
  • Kentuck Knob Visitor's Center: 6.9 mi
  • Wharton Furnace: 8.8 mi
  • Fallingwater: 9.0 mi
  • Laurel Ridge State Park XC Skiing Concession Building: 13.7 mi
Museums: 10
  • Fort Necessity Visitor Center: 5.9 mi
  • Mt. Washington Tavern: 6.1 mi
  • Speyer Gallery: 8.9 mi
  • Cole and Coke Heritage Center: 14.9 mi
  • Springs Museum: 18.2 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Waterfalls: 9
Cliffs: 6
Artworks: 4
  • Metal Sculpture: 7.3 mi
  • Statue of Thomas Jefferson and Albert Gallatin: 15.4 mi
  • Blind Skier and Camper Art Installation: 16.2 mi
  • Albert Gallatin Statue: 23.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Cool Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Baughman Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Paterson Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Kooser Spring: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Cucumber Run Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
  • Tharp Knob Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
Gardens: 1
  • The Chateau Gardens: 4.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of State Game Lands Number 265. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DavisE 88°979 m16.4 mi
Baughman RocksE 86°961 m16.7 mi
Marsh HillSSE 159°948 m16.9 mi
Pine Swamp KnobS 186°944 m15.2 mi
Fike HillS 183°943 m14.3 mi
Glade MountainE 87°936 m15.0 mi
Zehner HillESE 106°914 m15.4 mi
Lewis KnobS 177°905 m17.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5519:30
June solstice05:5120:1020:50
September equinox07:0618:4119:17
December solstice07:3616:1416:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506068727064524133
Precip in3.63.43.94.04.94.94.54.04.03.43.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Confluence 1 SW DAM, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Appalachian ladies’ tresses10 obs
  • Red Fox8 obs
  • mountain laurel8 obs
  • round-leaved sundew8 obs
  • Golden Club7 obs
  • Wood Frog7 obs
  • American Cranberry5 obs
  • intermediate wood fern5 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/16298423

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