Archbald Pothole State Park
Archbald Pothole State Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 354 m. North Knob stands 817 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Ed Staback Regional Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Governor Casey Byway passes 2.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
- 11.9 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 18.4 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
- 27.5 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ed Staback Regional Park: 0.2 mi
- Ed Staback Regional Park: 0.3 mi
- Valley View Estates: 1.2 mi
- Rippy Callahan Recreational Park: 1.6 mi
- World War One Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- Hubbard Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Meyers Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.8 mi
- Cary Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Kennedy Hill: 4.4 mi
- Culm Dump: 1.4 mi
- WW1, WW1, Korean War: 1.6 mi
- Borough Establishment: 1.6 mi
- Birthplace of First Aid: 1.6 mi
- World War One Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Merli-Sarnoski County Park: 5.8 mi
- Rabbit Hollow Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.5 mi
- Messimer Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 11.5 mi
- Tundra Tornado: 11.9 mi
- Iceberg Alley Luge: 12.0 mi
- Tunkhannock Viaduct: 13.3 mi
- weather station: 16.7 mi
- Houdini Museum: 7.2 mi
- Civil War Museum: 8.4 mi
- Everhart Museum: 8.5 mi
- Everhart Museum: 8.5 mi
- George H. Catlin Memorial House: 8.5 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 5.5 mi
- Worthington Scranton Statue: 5.5 mi
- Penn State Nittany Lion: 6.9 mi
- Christ the Teacher Sculpture: 8.5 mi
- Metanoia: 8.5 mi
- Prayer Garden: 8.4 mi
- Mulberry Plaza: 8.4 mi
- R. N, Davis Memorial Garden: 8.4 mi
- Lower Quad: 8.5 mi
- Upper Quad: 8.5 mi
- Nay Aug Falls: 8.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Falls: 13.9 mi
- Wangum Falls: 16.6 mi
- Carley Brook Falls: 17.2 mi
- Salvatore Falls: 19.8 mi
- Deer Beach: 17.4 mi
- Gravel Beach: 19.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 19.9 mi
- Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 20.3 mi
- Palmyra Township Public Beach: 20.6 mi
- Sand Spring: 22.3 mi
- Octave Spring: 22.4 mi
- Pocono Spring: 23.3 mi
- Bill Warner Spring: 24.3 mi
- Spencer Spring: 24.5 mi
- The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 11.7 mi
- Campbell's Ledge: 15.6 mi
- Ridgefield Point: 23.7 mi
- Horeshoe picnic grove: 18.9 mi
- Willow picnic grove: 18.9 mi
- Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 21.1 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 20.9 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 20.9 mi
- Roadside Rest: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Archbald Pothole State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Knob | N 2° | 817 m | 14.2 mi |
| South Knob | N 2° | 792 m | 13.5 mi |
| Elk Hill | N 2° | 748 m | 13.9 mi |
| High Knob | NE 51° | 690 m | 9.2 mi |
| Salem Hill | ENE 65° | 686 m | 6.5 mi |
| Pinnacle Rock | WSW 239° | 685 m | 11.0 mi |
| Pinnacle Rock | WSW 240° | 681 m | 10.9 mi |
| Lackawanna Mountain | NNE 22° | 677 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:58 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:52 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilkes-barre/scranton Intl AP, 15 mi away.
- Ghost Pipe14 obs
- Eastern Newt13 obs
- mapleleaf viburnum9 obs
- pink lady's slipper8 obs
- colt's-foot8 obs
- Eastern Teaberry8 obs
- mountain laurel7 obs
- American chestnut6 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/62344586
Day trips start here
- Clarks Summit · 7 mi
- Dunmore · 7 mi
- Scranton · 9 mi
- Factoryville · 12 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 13 mi
- Sterling · 15 mi
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