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Gemmell Park

Gemmell Park from directly overhead

Gemmell Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 461 m. Songer Hill stands 579 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Belltower, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. 117 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
461 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.21059, -79.37963

117 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
  • Student Recreation Area: 0.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Paul A. Weaver Community Park: 0.7 mi
  • Helen Furnace Park: 6.0 mi
  • Knox Community Park: 8.7 mi
Peaks: 32
  • Groce Hill: 3.0 mi
  • McClays Peak: 7.1 mi
  • Zagst Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Young Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Thompson Hill: 9.8 mi
Historic sites: 22
Museums: 7
  • Sutton-Ditz House Museum: 0.4 mi
  • American Rabbit Breeders Association: 8.8 mi
  • American Rabbit Breeders Association: 8.8 mi
  • Jefferson County History Center: 16.0 mi
  • Coolspring Power Museum: 19.3 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Sunken Tractor: 22.7 mi
  • Venango Campus Statue: 22.7 mi
  • Haybale sculpture: 22.7 mi
  • Chief Cornplanter: 23.0 mi
  • Graffiti Gallery: 23.1 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Belltower: 0.0 mi
  • Farmer's Inn: 16.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Freedom Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Potters Falls: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Jefferson County Rest Area Eastbound: 22.6 mi
  • Jefferson County Rest Area Westbound: 23.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Bradys Spring: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gemmell Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Songer HillENE 71°579 m12.5 mi
Edeburn HillENE 68°573 m19.1 mi
Kahletown HillENE 69°567 m12.3 mi
Beartown RocksENE 69°561 m17.8 mi
Stahlman RoundtopENE 75°559 m16.9 mi
Stony PointNNE 16°558 m22.8 mi
Shawkey HillENE 70°557 m14.0 mi
Gumbert HillENE 76°545 m12.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5319:30
June solstice05:4620:1320:55
September equinox07:0618:4019:17
December solstice07:4016:0816:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766706862503930
Precip in3.62.73.54.13.94.75.34.24.03.63.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarion 3 SW, 3 mi away.

  • Common Garter Snake39 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander35 obs
  • Chinese Mantis31 obs
  • Hickory Tussock Moth28 obs
  • White-tailed Deer27 obs
  • Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander24 obs
  • Northern Slimy Salamander20 obs
  • Large Maple Spanworm Moth19 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357370702

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