Moon Lake State Forest Recreation Area
Moon Lake State Forest Recreation Area is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 352 m. Grand View stands 745 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Moon Lake State Forest Natural Area, a park 0.5 miles away. Gateway to the Endless Mountains passes 20 miles off.
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
- 22.0 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 25.9 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Moon Lake State Forest Natural Area: 0.5 mi
- Canal Park: 3.0 mi
- Honey Pot Field: 3.7 mi
- Quality Hill Park: 4.1 mi
- Patriot Square: 4.4 mi
- Tilbury Knob: 2.9 mi
- Pikes Peak: 3.3 mi
- Honey Pot: 3.6 mi
- Larksville Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Friendship Hill: 6.3 mi
- Lion Shrine: 3.8 mi
- LCCC Walk of Honor: 5.2 mi
- Buttonwood Honor Roll: 6.0 mi
- Joe Palooka Monument: 9.3 mi
- Forty Fort Marker: 9.3 mi
- Murray Reynolds Falls: 12.4 mi
- Sheldon Reynolds Falls: 12.4 mi
- Harrison Wright Falls: 12.5 mi
- Wyandot Falls: 12.6 mi
- B. Reynolds Falls: 12.6 mi
- PFBC Harris Pond: 4.9 mi
- PFBC Harris Pond: 5.1 mi
- PFBC Lily Lake: 8.2 mi
- PFBC Lily Lake: 8.5 mi
- Frances Slocum State Park: 9.9 mi
- Luzerne County Museum: 8.5 mi
- Berwick Historic Society: 16.9 mi
- Conyngham Historical Society: 18.0 mi
- Anthracite Museum: 20.5 mi
- Lackawana Coal Mine Tour: 20.5 mi
- Hyperview: 8.5 mi
- Toni the Tomato Mule: 14.1 mi
- The Famous Tomato Statue: 14.2 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 18.9 mi
- 'The Office' Mural: 22.5 mi
- Butler Township Community Garden: 16.7 mi
- Prayer Garden: 22.6 mi
- Mulberry Plaza: 22.8 mi
- Lower Quad: 22.8 mi
- Upper Quad: 22.9 mi
- The Mary Stegmaier Mansion: 8.4 mi
- The Big Cow: 9.3 mi
- Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 19.6 mi
- Iceberg Alley Luge: 21.1 mi
- Tundra Tornado: 21.2 mi
- Luzerne County Rest Area Northbound: 11.6 mi
- Blue Ridge Travel Plaza: 12.9 mi
- Roadside Rest: 16.4 mi
- Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 18.2 mi
- Columbia County Rest Area Westbound: 20.0 mi
- Glens Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 23.0 mi
- Lake Jean Beach: 13.4 mi
- Eagle Rock Beach: 22.8 mi
- Campbell's Ledge: 15.0 mi
- Devil's Elbow: 18.6 mi
- Pocono Spring: 19.4 mi
- Sand Spring: 23.1 mi
- Ricketts: 15.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Moon Lake State Forest Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand View | WNW 285° | 745 m | 14.0 mi |
| Red Rock Mountain | WNW 285° | 721 m | 14.8 mi |
| Forkston Mountain | N 357° | 715 m | 17.1 mi |
| South Mountain | N 349° | 709 m | 14.5 mi |
| Dutch Mountain | NNW 329° | 695 m | 17.7 mi |
| North Mountain | WNW 302° | 693 m | 9.8 mi |
| Kocher Mountain | NNW 333° | 689 m | 7.9 mi |
| Central Mountain | W 281° | 685 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:55 | 16:39 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Benton 3 NE, 15 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer30 obs
- Eastern Bluebird27 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird15 obs
- Song Sparrow14 obs
- Chipping Sparrow13 obs
- Eastern Chipmunk13 obs
- Canada Goose10 obs
- American Robin10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/419130247
Day trips start here
- Wilkes-Barre · 9 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 22 mi
- Scranton · 22 mi
- Clarks Summit · 24 mi
- Endless Mountains · 24 mi
- Dunmore · 25 mi
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