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State Game Lands Number 297

State Game Lands Number 297 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 297 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 365 m. Minnie Knob stands 484 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Borough of Cokeburg Park, a park 3.7 miles away. Historic National Road - Pennsylvania passes 2.0 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Getting there

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Coordinates40.08753, -80.13439

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Borough of Cokeburg Park: 3.7 mi
  • West Bethlehem Township Community Park: 5.1 mi
  • Ellsworth Community Park: 6.1 mi
  • Caramel Park: 6.8 mi
  • Washington Park: 7.2 mi
Peaks: 36
Historic sites: 36
  • Madonna of the Trail: 6.7 mi
  • Miners Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • Richyville Honor Roll: 7.5 mi
  • Centerville War Memorial: 9.7 mi
  • War Memorial: 10.8 mi
Nature reserves: 22
Museums: 19
Gardens: 16
  • Community Gardens: 15.9 mi
  • Community Gardens: 15.9 mi
  • Community Gardens: 15.9 mi
  • South Park Demonstration Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Bethel Park Community Garden: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Grove: 17.5 mi
  • Springvale: 18.2 mi
  • Harvest: 18.2 mi
  • Blue Grass 2: 18.3 mi
  • Shepard: 18.4 mi
Attractions: 10
Artworks: 9
  • Perry Como Statue: 12.1 mi
  • Statue of Dr. Robert E Eberly: 13.2 mi
  • Blaze the Vulcan: 13.3 mi
  • statue base: 18.9 mi
  • The Sail: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Redds Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 13.7 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 13.7 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 13.7 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Fossils Cliff: 21.3 mi
  • Hay's Wall: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of State Game Lands Number 297. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Minnie KnobS 181°484 m24.0 mi
Fort HillE 89°478 m23.5 mi
Mosier HillW 275°457 m14.0 mi
Sampson HillW 270°454 m16.5 mi
Mount WheelerWNW 298°450 m6.4 mi
Quakers KnobNW 321°443 m22.9 mi
Turkey KnobSSE 156°441 m19.0 mi
RoundtopE 89°432 m24.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5719:33
June solstice05:5220:1320:54
September equinox07:0918:4419:19
December solstice07:4016:1616:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139516169737165534334
Precip in3.32.53.53.34.14.53.63.53.63.03.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington 3 NE, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer8 obs
  • Yellow Iris4 obs
  • New York ironweed4 obs
  • broadleaf arrowhead3 obs
  • northern blue flag3 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage3 obs
  • mayapple3 obs
  • pickerelweed3 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/409897561

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