Nature reserve · Pennsylvania
Tobyhanna State Park
Tobyhanna State Park is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 632 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Keipel Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Governor Casey Byway passes 17 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates41.20773, -75.43397
- 16.7 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
- 26.5 mi off the Delaware River Valley
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Keipel Hill: 1.0 mi
- Dresser Hill: 4.0 mi
- Shaffers Knob: 5.7 mi
- Turkey Knoll: 5.9 mi
- Bush Mountain: 6.4 mi
Parks
- Coolbaugh Township Municipal Park: 1.6 mi
- E-Park: 3.7 mi
- Borough Hall Park: 7.1 mi
- Blanche D. Price Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
- Locust Ridge Ball Field: 7.9 mi
Historic sites: 58
- Red Caboose Museum: 9.9 mi
- Virigin Mary Statue: 10.1 mi
- Gertrude Walker Gift to the Lacawac Sanctuary: 13.4 mi
- Wallenpaupack Lake Estates 9/11 Memorial: 15.6 mi
- Galderi Memorial Fountain: 17.2 mi
Nature reserves: 53
- Gouldsboro State Park: 1.6 mi
- Kephart Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Wiley Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Hemlock Sanctuary: 4.3 mi
- Fieldstone Farm Tank Creek Preserve: 6.8 mi
Waterfalls: 32
- Bond Hill Falls: 9.4 mi
- Choke Creek Falls: 9.9 mi
- Indian Ladder Falls: 10.8 mi
- Great Falls of the Lehigh: 11.4 mi
- Tobyhanna Falls: 11.8 mi
Museums: 24
- Tobyhanna Train Station: 2.1 mi
- Gouldsboro Train Station: 2.8 mi
- Wills Mansion Museum: 2.9 mi
- Cresco Station Museum: 8.7 mi
- Brodhead Creek Heritage Center: 15.3 mi
Attractions: 22
- Appalachian Express Mountain Coaster: 11.7 mi
- weather station: 13.6 mi
- osprey nest: 13.8 mi
- Deagan Chimes: 13.9 mi
- Split Rock: 14.1 mi
Beaches: 12
- Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 1.7 mi
- Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 1.9 mi
- Tall Timber Beach: 5.7 mi
- Indain Mountain Lake Beach: 14.6 mi
- Deer Beach: 15.6 mi
Artworks: 12
- Jacob and the Angel Sculpture: 17.8 mi
- Metanoia: 17.9 mi
- Penn State Nittany Lion: 18.0 mi
- Christ the Teacher Sculpture: 18.0 mi
- 'The Office' Mural: 18.2 mi
Gardens: 11
- Glacier Lake Garden: 3.9 mi
- Labyrinth Garden: 10.5 mi
- native plant garden: 13.6 mi
- Freedom Garden: 17.2 mi
- R. N, Davis Memorial Garden: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
- The Knob: 7.8 mi
- The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 10.4 mi
- Ridgefield Point: 14.1 mi
- Devil's Elbow: 19.0 mi
- Campbell's Ledge: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 9.2 mi
- Willow picnic grove: 9.6 mi
- Horeshoe picnic grove: 9.6 mi
- Robin Cove Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Pecks Pond Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
Springs: 5
- Octave Spring: 3.2 mi
- Bill Warner Spring: 4.0 mi
- Sand Spring: 9.4 mi
- Pocono Spring: 13.2 mi
- Penn Springs: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Crescent Lake Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 15.1 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 15.2 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 21.3 mi
- Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Tobyhanna State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pine Hill | W 281° | 690 m | 10.7 mi |
| Dresser Hill | ENE 77° | 673 m | 4.0 mi |
| Pimple Hill | SSW 197° | 669 m | 12.9 mi |
| Lake Mountain | SW 218° | 666 m | 14.4 mi |
| Big Shiney Mountain | WNW 290° | 664 m | 12.6 mi |
| Panther Hill | WNW 291° | 662 m | 9.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | W 278° | 658 m | 16.3 mi |
| Turkey Knoll | ESE 103° | 655 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:57 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:52 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Pocono Pocono Mountains MUN, 6 mi away.
- Eastern Newt23 obs
- striped maple20 obs
- alder buckthorn15 obs
- sheep laurel14 obs
- colt's-foot14 obs
- Hickory Tussock Moth14 obs
- northern starflower14 obs
- painted trillium13 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/62344589
Day trips start here
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