Torbert Island Natural Area
Torbert Island Natural Area is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. The Winehead stands 724 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Short Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 8.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Bucktail Trail
- 22.9 mi off the High Plateau Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hyner View · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Short Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Houselander Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Round Top: 5.3 mi
- Puterbaugh Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Cole Hill: 7.4 mi
- South Avis Park: 3.2 mi
- Woolrich Park: 3.4 mi
- Jersey Shore Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
- Richardson Park: 4.0 mi
- Veterans Park: 4.1 mi
- Historic Plane: 8.2 mi
- Woodward Township Veterans Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Canal Lock: 8.5 mi
- Clinton County Civil War Monument: 8.8 mi
- Castenea War Memorial: 8.9 mi
- Cummings Spring: 9.5 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 9.7 mi
- Sand Spring: 10.3 mi
- Big Spring: 11.9 mi
- Hemlock Spring: 12.0 mi
- The Lorax Statue: 8.7 mi
- Bald Eagle Statue: 9.1 mi
- Motorcycle: 15.6 mi
- student bodies: 15.6 mi
- Little League Statue: 15.9 mi
- Piper Aviation Museum: 8.1 mi
- Heisey House Museum: 8.4 mi
- Clinton Central Model Railroad Club: 8.7 mi
- Thomas T. Taber Museum: 16.0 mi
- Peter J. McGovern Museum and Official Store: 17.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 114: 13.0 mi
- Lebo Red Pine Natural Area: 14.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 255: 14.6 mi
- Northeast Fishery Center: 18.8 mi
- Cranberry Swamp Natural Area: 20.8 mi
- Fishery Point: 5.2 mi
- "Holy Toledo" roadcut: 11.9 mi
- Fisher Point: 15.1 mi
- "The Pier": 22.7 mi
- Lock Port Picnic and Boat Launch: 8.2 mi
- St. Agnes Picnic Grounds: 8.9 mi
- Tea Springs Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Hairy Johns PIcnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Rosecrans Falls: 10.3 mi
- Rosecran Falls: 10.3 mi
- Naval Run Falls: 19.1 mi
- Jacoby Falls: 24.9 mi
- Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 14.8 mi
- Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 15.1 mi
- STREAM Garden: 17.2 mi
- Long Lane Flower & Garden: 24.5 mi
- J. Doyle Corman Amphitheater and Floating Stage: 8.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Torbert Island Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Winehead | SSW 202° | 724 m | 19.6 mi |
| Riansares Mountain | SSW 193° | 706 m | 12.2 mi |
| Big Kettle Mountain | SSW 210° | 688 m | 20.6 mi |
| Shriner Mountain | S 183° | 665 m | 19.4 mi |
| Jones Mountain | SSE 150° | 659 m | 19.9 mi |
| Branch Mountain | SSE 168° | 653 m | 20.0 mi |
| Narrow Mountain | NE 44° | 644 m | 19.9 mi |
| Green Mountain | NE 38° | 642 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:05 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:00 | 16:44 |
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 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lock Haven Sewage PLT, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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