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State Game Lands Number 40

State Game Lands Number 40 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 40 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 434 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Devil's Elbow, a cliff 2.8 miles away. Governor Casey Byway passes 26 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.06304, -75.72964
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Pine Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Bear Rock: 4.6 mi
  • Pine Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Green Mountain: 5.4 mi
  • Summer Mountain: 6.0 mi
Parks
  • Lehigh Gorge State Park: 7.6 mi
  • D&L Trail Black Diamond Trailhead: 8.5 mi
  • Freeland Public Park: 9.1 mi
  • 4th Ward Park: 9.6 mi
  • 4th Ward Park: 9.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Jim Thorpe Monument: 12.3 mi
  • Joe Palooka Monument: 12.4 mi
  • Lattimer Massacre Monument: 13.4 mi
  • Wilkes-Barre Township War Memorial: 13.4 mi
  • National Shrine of the Sacred Heart: 13.7 mi
Nature reserves: 44
Museums: 25
  • Eckley Miner's Village Museum: 8.1 mi
  • Asa Packer Mansion: 13.7 mi
  • Mauch Chunk Museum and Cultural Center: 13.7 mi
  • Old Jail Museum: 13.8 mi
  • Luzerne County Museum: 15.0 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Hawk Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Lukes Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Great Falls of the Lehigh: 7.0 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 7.2 mi
Artworks: 15
Attractions: 12
  • Split Rock: 5.6 mi
  • Whitewater Challengers: 6.2 mi
  • Pocono Whitewater: 9.0 mi
  • The Big Cow: 13.7 mi
  • Whitewater Rafting Adventures: 13.8 mi
Springs: 11
  • Penn Springs: 8.2 mi
  • Pocono Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Sand Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Bill Warner Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Octave Spring: 15.3 mi
Gardens: 10
Beaches: 9
  • Indain Mountain Lake Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 12.6 mi
  • Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 13.7 mi
  • Tall Timber Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 15.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 4.8 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Northbound: 12.3 mi
  • Blue Ridge Travel Plaza: 12.5 mi
  • Crescent Lake Rest Area: 19.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 11.7 mi
  • Camp Apple Tree: 15.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of State Game Lands Number 40. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine HillNNE 22°690 m12.9 mi
Pimple HillESE 101°669 m11.8 mi
Lake MountainESE 101°666 m6.6 mi
Big Shiney MountainNNE 14°664 m14.8 mi
Panther HillNNE 24°662 m14.9 mi
Bald MountainN 356°658 m12.1 mi
Camelback MountainE 94°647 m19.7 mi
Blair HillNE 34°645 m16.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3119:5820:39
September equinox06:5118:2619:02
December solstice07:2515:5416:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455664686760493829
Precip in3.12.63.74.14.24.84.54.65.24.73.63.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Francis E Walter DAM, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/403003804

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