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State Game Lands Number 329

State Game Lands Number 329 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 329 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 402 m. Bears Head stands 634 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is East End Playground, a park 2.4 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates40.82800, -76.29426

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • East End Playground: 2.4 mi
  • Mahanoy Plane Park: 3.4 mi
  • Oakland Park: 3.5 mi
  • Frackville Little League: 4.0 mi
  • St. John's Grove Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
Peaks
  • Ashland Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Big Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Catawissa Mountain: 6.3 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Locust Mountain: 6.5 mi
Historic sites: 59
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Mahanoy Plane Civic Association: 3.5 mi
  • Mothers Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • War Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Dr. J. L. Hoffman Memorial: 3.9 mi
Attractions: 52
  • Sklooosh: 11.4 mi
  • Giant Wheel: 11.4 mi
  • Crazy Sub: 11.4 mi
  • Rockin Tug: 11.4 mi
  • Impulse: 11.4 mi
Artworks: 23
Museums: 18
  • Ashland Historical Society: 3.8 mi
  • Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train: 4.6 mi
  • JWR Automobile Museum: 5.8 mi
  • Mahanoy Area Historical Society: 8.0 mi
  • Minersville Area Historical Society: 9.6 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Gardens: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Un-named Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Swatara Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Acrigg's Falls: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Columbia County Rest Area Eastbound: 12.6 mi
  • Columbia County Rest Area Westbound: 12.8 mi
  • Blue Ridge Travel Plaza: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • C. Q. McWilliams Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
  • Memorial Class Of 1916: 14.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pine Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Pocahontas Spring: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Eagle Rock Beach: 11.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of State Game Lands Number 329. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bears HeadE 82°634 m11.3 mi
Buck MountainNE 56°603 m23.0 mi
Buck MountainNNE 28°592 m9.6 mi
Catawissa MountainN 349°571 m6.3 mi
Blue HeadENE 73°557 m11.7 mi
Round HeadENE 70°556 m12.3 mi
Big MountainW 268°552 m5.3 mi
Big Lick MountainSW 224°545 m21.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4119:17
June solstice05:3520:0020:41
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2715:5716:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252634475766706862513930
Precip in3.93.04.24.44.65.15.24.75.24.84.14.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mahanoy City 2 N, 8 mi away.

  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander2 obs
  • Common Garter Snake2 obs
  • wild geranium2 obs
  • mountain laurel2 obs
  • common bracken2 obs
  • sassafras2 obs
  • roundleaf greenbrier2 obs
  • Eastern Teaberry2 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/21628067

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