State Game Lands Number 279
State Game Lands Number 279 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 597 m. Blue Knob stands 953 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Penn Cambria Football Field, a park 1.7 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pennsylvania Game Commission
How to reach it
- 23.1 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Penn Cambria Football Field: 1.7 mi
- Admiral Perry Park: 1.9 mi
- Admiral Peary Park: 2.0 mi
- Gallitzin Tunnelhill Park: 2.2 mi
- Veterans Park: 2.2 mi
- Chestnut Flats: 6.2 mi
- Red Hill: 8.8 mi
- Red Cap Hill: 8.9 mi
- Pringle Hill: 9.9 mi
- Proctor Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Admiral Peary Monument: 2.0 mi
- Ashville Monumnet: 5.4 mi
- War Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Bendel-Davis-Curtis home: 7.3 mi
- Coke Ovens: 13.0 mi
- Galliztin Tuneels Museum: 2.1 mi
- Keirn Family World War II Museum: 2.6 mi
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 2.6 mi
- Lemon House: 3.1 mi
- Cambria County Historical Society: 7.0 mi
- Cresson Railroad Observation Platform: 1.7 mi
- Engine House #6 Exhibit Building: 3.1 mi
- Old Duncansville Airmail field: 9.1 mi
- Tipton Creek Train Station: 18.4 mi
- Theme Park Entrance: 18.6 mi
- Kittanning Point: 5.4 mi
- Devils Elbow: 7.2 mi
- Herman Point: 13.2 mi
- Diechland Point: 16.4 mi
- Laurel Hill: 21.6 mi
- Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center: 6.7 mi
- Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center: 13.8 mi
- State Game Lands Number 185: 19.6 mi
- Yellow Creek State Park: 23.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 131: 23.9 mi
- Mowery Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Willow Springs Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Burnt House Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Mechanic's Shanty: 16.0 mi
- Babcock Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Gallitzin Spring: 4.6 mi
- Weynant Spring: 15.5 mi
- Arch Spring: 21.9 mi
- Hundred Springs: 23.4 mi
- Great Auk: 10.3 mi
- Golden Tiger Statue: 10.6 mi
- Boot: 10.8 mi
- Morley’s Dog: 20.6 mi
- Garden: 17.9 mi
- Laurel Ave Community Garden: 20.9 mi
- Seeds of Hope (Tyrone Community Gardens): 22.4 mi
- Hinckston Falls: 17.7 mi
- Turtle Falls: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of State Game Lands Number 279. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Knob | S 174° | 953 m | 13.9 mi |
| Schaefer Head | S 172° | 898 m | 11.6 mi |
| Ritchey Knob | SSE 159° | 874 m | 10.7 mi |
| Cattle Knob | SSE 168° | 865 m | 11.7 mi |
| Round Top | S 191° | 849 m | 16.0 mi |
| Round Knob | S 172° | 846 m | 12.7 mi |
| Pine Knob | SSE 160° | 824 m | 11.5 mi |
| Vickrey Mountain | S 187° | 821 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:08 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:08 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Altoona 3 W, 7 mi away.
- Song Sparrow7 obs
- American Toad6 obs
- Eastern Phoebe4 obs
- Cross Orbweaver4 obs
- American Bullfrog4 obs
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird3 obs
- Eastern Towhee3 obs
- Brown Thrasher3 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/160056117
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