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Stone Valley Recreation Area

Stone Valley Recreation Area from directly overhead

Stone Valley Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Centre County Highpoint stands 795 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Klingsberg Aviary, a park 0.2 miles away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1960
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.66382, -77.91022
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Klingsberg Aviary: 0.2 mi
  • Barree Township: 3.2 mi
  • Barree Township Building: 3.2 mi
  • Pennsylvania State University Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
  • Shavers Creek Volunteer Fire Co. Firemans Park: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Gobbler Knob: 3.1 mi
  • Rudy Ridge: 4.6 mi
  • Sand Knob: 5.1 mi
  • Pine Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Greenlee Mountain: 5.8 mi
Museums: 31
Springs: 28
  • piped spring: 4.2 mi
  • Double Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Windy Hill Farms Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Keith Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Ross Spring: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Shavers Creek Environmental Center: 0.3 mi
  • Sugar Shack: 0.3 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 8.1 mi
  • Lion Shrine: 9.4 mi
  • Mill Wheel: 9.6 mi
Artworks: 23
Gardens: 12
  • Sculpture Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Tudek Park Community Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Schreyer Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Sculpture Garden: 9.7 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Beach access to Kish Creek: 18.5 mi
  • Kish park beach access: 18.7 mi
  • Black Moshannon Beach: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 24.3 mi
  • Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Stone Valley Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Centre County HighpointWNW 283°795 m22.6 mi
Little FlatNE 53°738 m10.2 mi
Brush MountainWSW 247°736 m22.9 mi
Thickhead MountainENE 63°733 m12.7 mi
Big FlatENE 58°732 m7.7 mi
Broad MountainE 82°726 m9.1 mi
Grass MountainENE 68°717 m10.4 mi
Broad MountainENE 69°716 m13.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4819:24
June solstice05:4220:0620:47
September equinox07:0018:3519:11
December solstice07:3316:0416:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937496068727063524132
Precip in2.92.53.43.53.64.13.84.23.93.53.03.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State College, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage99 obs
  • Eastern Newt87 obs
  • partridgeberry80 obs
  • mayapple74 obs
  • American Toad74 obs
  • Canada mayflower72 obs
  • Northern Slimy Salamander66 obs
  • rue anemone62 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12989839093

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