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State Game Lands Number 83

State Game Lands Number 83 from directly overhead

State Game Lands Number 83 is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 132 m. Huntrick Hill stands 310 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Otter Creek Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Mason and Dixon Byway passes 11 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.87378, -76.39823

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Indian Steps Totem Pole: 1.4 mi
  • Steinman Statue: 12.3 mi
  • Transcending Flesh: 12.5 mi
  • Missles Into Plowshares: 14.7 mi
  • Parallel Bar Carving: 14.7 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Holtwood Dam Whitewater Park: 4.6 mi
  • Pollinator Park: 4.9 mi
  • Conrad's Park: 5.5 mi
  • Lock 12 Historic Area: 5.5 mi
  • Creswell Park: 5.9 mi
Museums: 56
  • Blue Rock Heritage Center (Washington Boro Society for Susquehanna River Heritage): 8.1 mi
  • 1719 Museum: 10.3 mi
  • Old Line Museum: 10.8 mi
  • Red Lion Area Historical Society: 11.1 mi
  • Historic Rock Ford Plantation: 11.7 mi
Gardens: 36
Attractions: 35
  • Lime Valley covered bridge: 10.5 mi
  • Lancaster Convention Center: 12.3 mi
  • Trancending Flesh: 12.5 mi
  • Village Green Miniature Golf: 12.6 mi
  • Carousel: 12.9 mi
Peaks: 27
  • Red Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Face Rock: 6.4 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Mount Pisgah: 11.6 mi
  • Chestnut Hill: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • ZP35: 4.0 mi
  • ZP37: 4.1 mi
  • ZP34: 4.1 mi
  • ZP16: 4.3 mi
  • Trailside Wall: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Trestle Trail Picnic Site: 12.9 mi
  • Wilson's Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Hills Grove Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
  • Rock Ridge Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
  • Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Black Barren Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Black Rock Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Donegal Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Lititz Spring: 20.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of State Game Lands Number 83. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Huntrick HillWSW 257°310 m21.2 mi
Saubel HillWSW 251°277 m22.8 mi
Chimney RockNW 313°263 m15.0 mi
Buzzards RoostNW 319°258 m15.8 mi
Mount PisgahNW 316°256 m11.6 mi
Gap HillENE 70°252 m22.4 mi
Ephrata MountainNNE 31°246 m24.4 mi
Round TopNW 326°237 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3819:5720:38
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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common pawpaw31 obs
  • umbrella magnolia23 obs
  • mountain laurel15 obs
  • Cucumber Root15 obs
  • Canada mayflower15 obs
  • mayapple14 obs
  • harbinger of spring13 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail12 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/403113882

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