Stony Batter Natural Area
Stony Batter Natural Area is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 462 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the south-southeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is College Township Water Authority, a park 0.4 miles away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- College Township
How to reach it
- 18.4 mi off the High Plateau Scenic Byway
- 28.1 mi off the Bucktail Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- College Township Water Authority: 0.4 mi
- Mountainside Park: 0.5 mi
- Nittany Terrace Park: 0.5 mi
- The Lemont Village Green: 0.7 mi
- Nittany Orchard Park: 0.8 mi
- Mount Nittany: 0.5 mi
- Bald Knob: 3.9 mi
- Little Flat: 4.9 mi
- Tussey Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Little Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Centre Furnace: 2.2 mi
- World War II Memory Wall: 2.2 mi
- World War I Officers Memory Wall: 2.2 mi
- Wallace W. Fetzer Memorial: 2.2 mi
- 28th Division Global War on Terror Monument: 2.2 mi
- Bathgate Spring: 1.9 mi
- Walnut Spring: 2.2 mi
- Thompson Spring: 2.4 mi
- Blue Spring: 2.6 mi
- Benner Spring: 2.8 mi
- Centre Furnace Mansion: 2.1 mi
- Pennsylvania Military Museum: 2.2 mi
- Rock Hill School at Linden Hall: 2.3 mi
- Boalsburg Heritage Museum: 2.7 mi
- Penn State All-Sports Museum: 2.7 mi
- Deeded Square Inches: 0.6 mi
- Millbrook Marsh Nature Center: 1.8 mi
- M60A3 Tank: 2.2 mi
- M42A1 Duster: 2.2 mi
- M114A2 Towed 155mm Howitzer: 2.2 mi
- Lucy C. Lederer Statue: 2.2 mi
- Honors to the Fallen: 2.5 mi
- We Are Sculpture: 2.9 mi
- Centennial Piglet Statue: 3.2 mi
- Old Main Sundial: 3.3 mi
- Thompson Woods Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Stan Yoder Memorial Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Spring Creek Canyon: 3.3 mi
- Patton Woods Nature Recreation Area: 6.4 mi
- Haugh Family Farm Open Space: 6.8 mi
- The Giving Garden: 1.3 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 1.8 mi
- Penn State Community Garden Pollinator Garden: 2.4 mi
- Schreyer Garden: 3.1 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 3.4 mi
- The Rock: 2.8 mi
- Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir: 10.8 mi
- Buck Point: 13.4 mi
- Donation Rocks: 18.2 mi
- Hunter Rock: 18.5 mi
- Picnic Spot- Christian Fellowship Church: 10.8 mi
- Pine Hill Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Karl Guss Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Longfellow Vista: 23.4 mi
- Black Moshannon Beach: 15.2 mi
- Kish park beach access: 18.3 mi
- Beach access to Kish Creek: 19.4 mi
- Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 16.0 mi
- Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Stony Batter Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Flat | SSE 149° | 738 m | 4.9 mi |
| Thickhead Mountain | SE 129° | 733 m | 7.4 mi |
| Big Flat | S 171° | 732 m | 6.3 mi |
| Broad Mountain | SSE 160° | 726 m | 9.7 mi |
| Grass Mountain | SSE 148° | 717 m | 7.6 mi |
| Broad Mountain | SE 128° | 716 m | 9.0 mi |
| Bear Knob | NW 326° | 713 m | 11.4 mi |
| Milligans Knob | SE 143° | 711 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:06 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:03 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State College, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/855490534
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