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State Game Lands Number 53

State Game Lands Number 53 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 53 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 464 m. Coot Hill stands 757 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Meadow Grounds Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 16 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.92035, -78.05637

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Meadow Grounds Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Summit: 3.8 mi
  • Lowery Knob: 5.0 mi
  • Indian Chair: 5.2 mi
  • Big Mountain: 6.6 mi
Parks: 50
Historic sites: 20
Springs: 19
  • Big Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Reese Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Sand Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Richmond Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Oak Spring: 7.7 mi
Museums: 11
Nature reserves: 10
Artworks: 6
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Sideling Hill Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • Bear Valley Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
  • Sweet Root Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 18.3 mi
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 18.5 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Junior Officer's Quarters: 21.6 mi
  • Captain's Quarters: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of State Game Lands Number 53. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Coot HillNW 321°757 m22.0 mi
Big MountainENE 72°740 m6.6 mi
Clarks KnobENE 61°709 m18.6 mi
Bald KnobNW 323°702 m7.8 mi
Fisher PointNNW 328°701 m7.2 mi
Round KnobN 356°699 m21.2 mi
Emmaville MountainW 259°690 m9.0 mi
Grave MountainN 353°650 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4919:24
June solstice05:4520:0420:45
September equinox07:0018:3519:11
December solstice07:3116:0816:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240506069737165534234
Precip in2.62.23.33.94.14.23.63.34.03.22.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Everett, 17 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • colt's-foot4 obs
  • grey-headed coneflower3 obs
  • Eastern Newt2 obs
  • Monarch2 obs
  • common selfheal2 obs
  • black locust2 obs
  • cup plant2 obs
  • Table Mountain pine2 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/11263995

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