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State Game Lands Number 275

State Game Lands Number 275 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 275 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 87 m. Stony Mountain stands 491 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Reservoir Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates40.19069, -76.76992

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Reservoir Park: 1.0 mi
  • Highspire Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Etnoyer's Park: 1.6 mi
  • Colston Park: 1.7 mi
  • Ziegler Commons: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 51
Museums: 50
Artworks: 43
  • Cow Statue: 4.8 mi
  • Cow Statue: 4.8 mi
  • Cow Statue: 4.9 mi
  • The Promise: 7.2 mi
  • The Gallery at Walnut Place: 7.7 mi
Nature reserves: 33
Gardens: 27
Picnic sites: 13
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 9.0 mi
  • Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
  • Quitte Creek Nature Park: 16.8 mi
  • Hemlock Grove: 18.3 mi
  • Penryn Church Grove: 21.2 mi
Springs: 9
  • Spring Lake Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Eichelberger Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Spring Creek Springs: 9.8 mi
  • Orr's Bridge Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Donegal Spring: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Chickies Rock: 16.1 mi
  • Spectator Wall: 23.5 mi
  • Trailside Wall: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Concrete Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 15.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of State Game Lands Number 275. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony MountainNNE 13°491 m19.7 mi
Third MountainN 352°488 m16.0 mi
Long MountainWSW 249°479 m19.7 mi
Mount HollyWSW 254°459 m23.8 mi
Berry MountainN 353°435 m24.0 mi
Round TopN 9°422 m22.0 mi
Cove MountainWNW 304°419 m20.2 mi
Stone HeadWSW 247°418 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3920:0020:41
September equinox06:5518:3019:06
December solstice07:2716:0216:45

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, under a mile away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly21 obs
  • MacGillivray's Warbler7 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel6 obs
  • wineberry4 obs
  • North American Wheel Bug3 obs
  • common selfheal3 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade3 obs
  • black locust3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/886679282

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