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State Game Lands Number 318

State Game Lands Number 318 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 318 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 549 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Blanche D. Price Memorial Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Governor Casey Byway passes 23 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.09330, -75.49198

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Blanche D. Price Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Pocono Lake Preserve: 1.9 mi
  • Keiper Park: 3.5 mi
  • Locust Ridge Ball Field: 4.4 mi
  • Indian Mountain Lake Park: 6.3 mi
Peaks
  • High Knob: 3.8 mi
  • Pimple Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 5.7 mi
  • Beehive: 6.3 mi
  • Pohopoco Mountain: 6.4 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves: 54
Waterfalls: 29
  • Tobyhanna Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Great Falls of the Lehigh: 7.5 mi
  • Choke Creek Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Hawk Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Bond Hill Falls: 13.9 mi
Museums: 26
  • Wills Mansion Museum: 7.0 mi
  • Tobyhanna Train Station: 7.1 mi
  • Gouldsboro Train Station: 10.7 mi
  • Cresco Station Museum: 11.7 mi
  • Heritage Center of Western Pocono Community Library: 12.8 mi
Attractions: 18
Artworks: 16
  • Palmerton "Patches": 21.0 mi
  • Sons of Liberty: 21.0 mi
  • Benjamin Franklin Statue: 21.3 mi
  • Toni the Tomato Mule: 22.2 mi
  • The Famous Tomato Statue: 22.2 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Tall Timber Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Indain Mountain Lake Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 20.2 mi
Gardens: 12
Springs: 10
  • Bill Warner Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Octave Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Sand Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Pocono Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Penn Springs: 15.6 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • The Knob: 8.1 mi
  • Devil's Elbow: 14.2 mi
  • The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 17.7 mi
  • Wolf Rocks: 18.2 mi
  • Bear Mountain Overlook: 19.5 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Crescent Lake Rest Area: 7.2 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 17.4 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 19.6 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 23.0 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 10.0 mi
  • Robin Cove Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 17.8 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 17.8 mi
  • Hialeah Recreation Site: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of State Game Lands Number 318. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine HillNW 323°690 m12.4 mi
Dresser HillNE 38°673 m11.2 mi
Pimple HillS 191°669 m4.5 mi
Lake MountainWSW 240°666 m6.8 mi
Big Shiney MountainNW 324°664 m15.1 mi
Panther HillNNW 331°662 m13.1 mi
Bald MountainNW 307°658 m16.5 mi
Turkey KnollNE 53°655 m11.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3019:5720:39
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2515:5316:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533445563686659483828
Precip in3.02.53.84.24.14.74.74.65.65.14.13.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Pocono Pocono Mountains MUN, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/402963227

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