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State Game Lands Number 327

State Game Lands Number 327 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 327 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Beecher Hill stands 324 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Creek Falls Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 5.1 miles away. Mason and Dixon Byway passes 5.7 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.79353, -76.43946

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Holtwood Dam Whitewater Park: 5.7 mi
  • Lock 12 Historic Area: 6.1 mi
  • Lock 15 Historic Area: 7.0 mi
  • Pollinator Park: 7.3 mi
  • Cold Cabin Park: 8.1 mi
Artworks
  • Indian Steps Totem Pole: 5.9 mi
  • Pagoda: 15.1 mi
  • Budda: 15.1 mi
  • Hunt Scene: 15.2 mi
  • Hunt Scene: 15.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Indian Steps Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Lock 12: 6.0 mi
  • Mason And Dixon Line 40th Mile Stone: 7.4 mi
  • War Memorial: 7.6 mi
  • Thomas Neel Homestead: 8.2 mi
Museums: 49
  • Old Line Museum: 7.6 mi
  • Red Lion Area Historical Society: 11.5 mi
  • Blue Rock Heritage Center (Washington Boro Society for Susquehanna River Heritage): 13.0 mi
  • Hosanna School Museum: 15.5 mi
  • 1719 Museum: 16.0 mi
Gardens: 37
Attractions: 34
Peaks: 32
  • Kilgores Rocks: 7.1 mi
  • Face Rock: 7.2 mi
  • Red Hill: 10.9 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • ZP35: 6.4 mi
  • ZP37: 6.6 mi
  • ZP34: 6.7 mi
  • ZP16: 6.9 mi
  • Trailside Wall: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Wilson's Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
  • Hills Grove Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Rock Ridge Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
  • Trestle Trail Picnic Site: 18.8 mi
  • Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Black Barren Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Black Rock Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Donegal Spring: 22.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of State Game Lands Number 327. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beecher HillW 260°324 m22.7 mi
Huntrick HillW 272°310 m18.5 mi
Saubel HillW 265°277 m19.4 mi
Chimney RockNNW 331°263 m18.0 mi
Buzzards RoostNNW 335°258 m19.3 mi
Mount PisgahNNW 337°256 m15.1 mi
Round TopNNW 341°237 m18.3 mi
Stony HillNE 56°233 m17.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3919:5720:38
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:2416:0216:45

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, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • white clover14 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly6 obs
  • Turkey Vulture5 obs
  • common milkweed4 obs
  • wild carrot4 obs
  • creeping thistle3 obs
  • Common Box Turtle2 obs
  • box elder2 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/403113881

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