Pine Grove Furnace State Park
Pine Grove Furnace State Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 249 m. Methodist Hill stands 631 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Brickyard, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 11 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 22.8 mi off the Old Main Streets
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 17 mi
- Chimney Rock · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Brickyard: 0.7 mi
- Iron Furnace: 0.9 mi
- Camp Michaux: 2.7 mi
- Jackattack Monument: 3.7 mi
- York Springs: 9.0 mi
- Pole Steeple: 1.1 mi
- Sunset Rocks: 2.2 mi
- Round Top: 2.8 mi
- Buck Ridge Tower: 3.0 mi
- Hammonds Rocks: 3.2 mi
- Food Plot: 3.4 mi
- Centerville Community Park: 6.1 mi
- Trine Park: 7.4 mi
- Oakside Community Park: 8.2 mi
- Dog Playground: 8.3 mi
- Appalachian Trail Museum: 0.9 mi
- National Apple Museum: 7.5 mi
- Ye Olde Sulphur Spa Historical Society: 9.2 mi
- Eastern Museum of MotorSports Racing: 11.0 mi
- Cumberland Valley Railroad Museum: 12.4 mi
- Bucher Spring: 4.8 mi
- The Spring: 5.1 mi
- Tar Kettle Springs: 5.3 mi
- Alexander Spring: 9.3 mi
- Letort Spring: 10.9 mi
- Votive 8: 12.4 mi
- Mouse Rock Statue: 12.5 mi
- Benjamin Rush: 12.7 mi
- Liberation Pointe: 13.8 mi
- Return visit: 14.4 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 4.3 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 12.1 mi
- West Locust Community Garden: 12.8 mi
- Peace Garden: 13.2 mi
- Grantham Community Garden: 18.0 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 4.1 mi
- State Game Lands Number 305: 10.6 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 13.1 mi
- Cave Hill Nature Center: 14.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 242: 18.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Blain Picnic Grounds: 23.7 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 24.6 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 16.3 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 16.4 mi
- Dellville Covered Bridge: 24.5 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 19.7 mi
- Clermont Crag: 23.1 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 16.4 mi
- Tartown: 17.2 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 22.5 mi
- Beach Front: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Pine Grove Furnace State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist Hill | WSW 243° | 631 m | 11.2 mi |
| Big Flat Tower | WSW 251° | 628 m | 6.7 mi |
| Strasbaugh Hill | SW 236° | 605 m | 8.2 mi |
| Ram Hill | WSW 238° | 595 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mitten Hill | WSW 239° | 587 m | 10.3 mi |
| Sier Hill | WSW 239° | 586 m | 9.3 mi |
| Rocky Knob | WSW 237° | 566 m | 9.6 mi |
| Pleasant Peak | WSW 238° | 565 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:05 | 16:48 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Biglerville, 7 mi away.
- partridgeberry56 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage52 obs
- Common Five-lined Skink49 obs
- fly poison46 obs
- mountain laurel43 obs
- Common Watersnake38 obs
- American Toad38 obs
- Japanese barberry35 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/22735472
Day trips start here
- Gettysburg · 15 mi
- Chambersburg · 21 mi
- Hanover · 22 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 28 mi
- Thurmont · 29 mi
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