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State Game Lands Number 77

State Game Lands Number 77 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 77 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 523 m. Boone Mountain stands 736 m to the northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is "THE ROCKS" swimming hole, a attraction 1.5 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 18 miles off. 162 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates41.15749, -78.76614

162 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 55
  • Falls Creek Park: 2.2 mi
  • Dubois City Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • Pocket Pizza Park: 2.5 mi
  • Twisted Garden Park: 2.5 mi
  • Captain Kidd Park: 2.7 mi
Peaks: 35
  • Murray Summit: 7.9 mi
  • Coal Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Boone Mountain: 8.8 mi
  • The Hogback: 9.1 mi
  • Clearfield County Highpoint #2: 12.2 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Coke Ovens: 7.2 mi
  • Brockway Clay Pipe Factory: 7.3 mi
  • Helvetia Historical Dedication Site: 7.6 mi
  • Coalmine Cart: 8.4 mi
  • Coke Ovens: 8.5 mi
Artworks: 17
Museums: 10
  • DuBois Area Historical Society: 2.6 mi
  • Taylor Memorial Museum: 6.6 mi
  • Reynoldsville Historical Society: 7.6 mi
  • C.C.C. Museum: 13.7 mi
  • Jefferson County History Center: 16.3 mi
Attractions: 6
  • "THE ROCKS" swimming hole: 1.5 mi
  • Presidential Train Car: 1.7 mi
  • The Little Caring Caboose: 1.7 mi
  • Bilger's Rocks: 14.5 mi
  • Home of Punxsutawney Phil: 18.6 mi
Springs: 5
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Jefferson County Rest Area Westbound: 9.1 mi
  • Jefferson County Rest Area Eastbound: 9.9 mi
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of State Game Lands Number 77. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boone MountainNE 45°736 m8.8 mi
Clearfield County Highpoint #2ESE 122°735 m12.2 mi
Chestnut Ridge-Clearfield County HighpointE 89°735 m21.3 mi
Big KnobE 91°714 m22.4 mi
Old Round TopENE 74°710 m22.1 mi
The KnobsE 91°709 m22.4 mi
Hobo HillESE 108°683 m14.5 mi
Devils DenN 7°663 m16.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:27
June solstice05:4320:1020:52
September equinox07:0318:3819:14
December solstice07:3816:0616:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475765696861503930
Precip in2.92.43.33.73.74.74.43.94.03.43.23.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dubois Rgnl AP, 7 mi away.

  • staghorn sumac15 obs
  • Mallard14 obs
  • Asian bittersweet12 obs
  • common milkweed11 obs
  • multiflora rose11 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander10 obs
  • sassafras10 obs
  • Canada Goose9 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/17593584

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