Yellow Creek State Park
Yellow Creek State Park is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 390 m. Sugar Camp Hill stands 887 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Moose Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Sample Run Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
- Mack Memorial Park: 7.1 mi
- Indiana Memorial Park: 7.2 mi
- Floodway Park: 7.3 mi
- The Oak Grove: 7.5 mi
- Moose Hill: 1.8 mi
- Strongs Hill: 2.2 mi
- Evans Hill: 3.0 mi
- Vinegar Hill: 7.4 mi
- Coleman Hill: 9.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Indiana County War Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Eliza Furnace: 8.4 mi
- Mine Entrance Memorial: 8.9 mi
- POW MIA: 16.1 mi
- IUP Museum: 7.5 mi
- Cambria County Historical Society: 16.9 mi
- Cambria County Historical Society: 16.9 mi
- Wagner-Ritter House: 17.1 mi
- Johnstown Flood Museum: 18.0 mi
- Castleform: 7.5 mi
- Jimmy Stewart Statue: 7.5 mi
- Spirit of the Warrior: 7.5 mi
- The Crimson Hawk: 7.5 mi
- The Arch: 7.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 273: 4.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls Natural Area: 11.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 185: 11.8 mi
- Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center: 17.0 mi
- Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center: 21.6 mi
- IUP Arch: 7.3 mi
- Community park: 18.9 mi
- Cresson Railroad Observation Platform: 24.2 mi
- Home of Punxsutawney Phil: 24.8 mi
- Suncliff: 2.0 mi
- Laurel Hill: 13.7 mi
- Hinckston Falls: 15.9 mi
- Turtle Falls: 21.2 mi
- Mechanic's Shanty: 20.9 mi
- Slovak Club Picnic Grounds: 24.0 mi
- Laurel Ave Community Garden: 16.3 mi
- Granny Coon Spring: 22.8 mi
- Keystone Beach: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yellow Creek State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Camp Hill | S 189° | 887 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mystery Hill | S 190° | 878 m | 24.6 mi |
| Irwin Hill | S 188° | 868 m | 23.1 mi |
| Pine Hill | S 191° | 842 m | 25.0 mi |
| Rager Mountain | SSE 159° | 786 m | 12.5 mi |
| Bear Rocks | SW 214° | 745 m | 16.2 mi |
| Kinter Hill | N 10° | 630 m | 15.3 mi |
| Peyton Hill | SSW 196° | 595 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:10 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:09 | 16:53 |
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 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indiana 3 SE, 5 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer52 obs
- Canada Goose42 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel36 obs
- Bluegill35 obs
- multiflora rose33 obs
- American Goldfinch32 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle31 obs
- Eastern Bluebird30 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.
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