Oquaga Creek State Park
Oquaga Creek State Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 502 m. Houck Mountain stands 748 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Arctic China State Forest, a nature reserve 2.5 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
How to reach it
- 17.0 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 17.4 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
Named places within 25 miles
- Arctic China State Forest: 2.5 mi
- Beals Pond State Forest: 3.1 mi
- Beaver Pond State Forest: 5.0 mi
- Wagon Wheel Unit: 5.1 mi
- Marsh Pond State Forest: 6.9 mi
- Burnside Hill: 2.7 mi
- Page Pond Hill: 4.1 mi
- Michigan Hill: 4.3 mi
- Red Hill: 6.5 mi
- Neff Hill: 6.7 mi
- Warner Field: 7.7 mi
- William S. Payne Memorial Park: 8.0 mi
- Bainbridge Central Green: 8.2 mi
- Willis Smith Riverside Memorial Park: 8.4 mi
- Firemen's Park: 8.5 mi
- Home of Squire Zachariah Tarble: 5.5 mi
- Site of the Prophet Trial: 6.0 mi
- Joshia Stowell Home & Farm: 8.2 mi
- Colesville Branch: 9.0 mi
- Golf Driving Range: 10.9 mi
- Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 9.0 mi
- Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood: 19.2 mi
- All Veterans Memorial: 20.2 mi
- Handen Covered Bridge: 22.5 mi
- ww1: 24.7 mi
- Deposit Historical Museum: 8.1 mi
- Bainbridge Museum: 8.2 mi
- Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 17.2 mi
- Chenango School House Museums: 21.8 mi
- East Branch Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Broome Gateway Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 21.3 mi
- 16-17 mile marker from possible priesthood site: 12.4 mi
- I Love NY Sculpture: 21.1 mi
- Overlook Cliff: 15.8 mi
- Money Point: 22.9 mi
- Spencer Spring: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Oquaga Creek State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houck Mountain | ESE 108° | 748 m | 15.3 mi |
| Bear Spring Mountain | E 99° | 746 m | 15.9 mi |
| South Mountain | E 101° | 740 m | 15.0 mi |
| Rock Rift Mountain | ESE 119° | 730 m | 15.1 mi |
| Crane Hill | ESE 103° | 708 m | 12.6 mi |
| Tower Mountain | ESE 115° | 707 m | 11.5 mi |
| Loomis Mountain | ENE 74° | 689 m | 12.2 mi |
| Gallop Hill | ENE 66° | 685 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:00 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:48 | 16:33 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deposit, 8 mi away.
- partridgeberry5 obs
- Eastern Newt4 obs
- American Toad3 obs
- sensitive fern3 obs
- Leconte's Haploa Moth3 obs
- flat-top white aster3 obs
- northern starflower3 obs
- Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth3 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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