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State Game Lands Number 288

State Game Lands Number 288 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 288 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Governor Dick Hill stands 350 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Martic Township Park, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Mason and Dixon Byway passes 13 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.89899, -76.33378

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Pollinator Park: 4.1 mi
  • Holtwood Dam Whitewater Park: 5.1 mi
  • West Lampeter Park: 5.8 mi
  • Lock 12 Historic Area: 5.9 mi
  • Creswell Park: 6.7 mi
Historic sites: 56
Museums: 56
Artworks: 52
  • Indian Steps Totem Pole: 3.3 mi
  • Steinman Statue: 9.7 mi
  • Transcending Flesh: 9.9 mi
  • Missles Into Plowshares: 11.5 mi
  • Parallel Bar Carving: 11.5 mi
Attractions: 35
  • Lime Valley covered bridge: 6.8 mi
  • Village Green Miniature Golf: 8.9 mi
  • Lancaster Convention Center: 9.7 mi
  • Trancending Flesh: 9.9 mi
  • Carousel: 10.4 mi
Peaks: 32
  • Red Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Face Rock: 6.0 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Stony Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 27
Cliffs: 12
  • ZP16: 3.8 mi
  • ZP34: 3.9 mi
  • ZP37: 3.9 mi
  • ZP35: 4.0 mi
  • Trailside Wall: 7.0 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Trestle Trail Picnic Site: 10.8 mi
  • Leaman Place Junction: 13.8 mi
  • Boy Scout Pavilion: 17.9 mi
  • Bortz Pavilion: 17.9 mi
  • Wilson's Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Black Rock Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Black Barren Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Lititz Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Donegal Spring: 18.6 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Waterfalls: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of State Game Lands Number 288. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Governor Dick HillNNW 345°350 m24.8 mi
Spring HillN 350°331 m24.4 mi
Eagle RockN 2°306 m23.8 mi
Chimney RockWNW 301°263 m16.7 mi
Cannon HillN 5°262 m24.6 mi
Forge HillN 3°259 m24.4 mi
Buzzards RoostNW 306°258 m17.2 mi
White Oak HillN 359°258 m24.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3819:5720:38
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2416:0116:44

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323441536373777568574637
Precip in3.32.74.13.53.94.64.33.64.94.43.43.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Safe Harbor DAM, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Virginia bluebells157 obs
  • blue phlox154 obs
  • Dutchman's breeches140 obs
  • Virginia saxifrage140 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty116 obs
  • red columbine110 obs
  • putty root110 obs
  • Solomon's plume93 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/403113880

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