State Game Lands Number 268
State Game Lands Number 268 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 468 m. Cedar Mountain stands 752 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Fork Point, a peak 0.8 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 25 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pennsylvania Game Commission
How to reach it
- 24.9 mi off the Bucktail Trail
- 28.9 mi off the High Plateau Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hyner View · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fork Point: 0.8 mi
- East Hill: 2.0 mi
- Cobble Hill: 2.1 mi
- Fork Hill: 3.0 mi
- Tannery Hill: 3.1 mi
- Wellsboro Park (The Green): 8.9 mi
- Celi’s Music Park: 9.0 mi
- Woodland Park: 9.0 mi
- Packer Park: 9.2 mi
- Asaph Run Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- War Memorial: 8.9 mi
- Webber Cabin: 13.7 mi
- Big Trestle site: 17.0 mi
- Ole Bull Castle Site: 19.5 mi
- Powder House: 22.7 mi
- Colton Point: 7.9 mi
- The Main Attraction: 15.7 mi
- Aider's Rock: 15.7 mi
- Fisher Point: 22.8 mi
- Fishery Point: 23.6 mi
- Naval Run Falls: 14.1 mi
- First Falls: 22.3 mi
- Second Falls: 22.4 mi
- Third Falls: 22.4 mi
- Orchard Spring: 7.8 mi
- Matson Spring: 8.2 mi
- Cummings Spring: 18.6 mi
- Hills Creek State Park: 15.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 114: 18.4 mi
- Lebo Red Pine Natural Area: 18.6 mi
- Landrus: 8.0 mi
- Fall Brook: 19.6 mi
- Mistletoe Farm: 13.0 mi
- Larry the Elk: 22.5 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of State Game Lands Number 268. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Mountain | W 280° | 752 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bean Hill | W 271° | 726 m | 15.5 mi |
| Beech Hill | NNW 330° | 714 m | 16.4 mi |
| Brushy Point | W 279° | 709 m | 18.1 mi |
| Bibiana Mountain | W 273° | 708 m | 14.4 mi |
| Laurel Hill | ESE 118° | 707 m | 16.3 mi |
| Laurel Mountain | SE 128° | 707 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mount Tom | NNW 344° | 702 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:06 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:58 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wellsboro 4 SW, 5 mi away.
- Hobomok Skipper4 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail3 obs
- Eastern Newt2 obs
- sensitive fern2 obs
- West Virginia White2 obs
- Song Sparrow1 obs
- Eastern Phoebe1 obs
- Ring-necked Snake1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/13227615
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