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R. B. Winter State Park

R. B. Winter State Park from directly overhead

R. B. Winter State Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 477 m. The Winehead stands 724 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is The Little Bubbler, a spring 0.2 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
477 m
Getting there

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Coordinates40.99417, -77.18930
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • McCall Field: 1.3 mi
  • Sand Bridge State Park: 3.9 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 7.3 mi
  • Harry Haney Memorial Park: 8.6 mi
  • Joyce Kilmer Monument: 8.7 mi
Springs: 23
  • The Little Bubbler: 0.2 mi
  • Ice Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Tea Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Horse Path Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Hemlock Spring: 5.5 mi
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 11
  • Mifflinburg Buggy Museum: 9.1 mi
  • Mifflinburg Historical Society Museum: 9.2 mi
  • Clinton Central Model Railroad Club: 15.6 mi
  • Piper Aviation Museum: 15.7 mi
  • Lewisburg Children's Museum: 15.7 mi
Artworks: 10
Nature reserves: 8
Picnic sites: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 4.3 mi
  • Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 4.3 mi
  • Montour County Rest Area Eastbound: 23.5 mi
  • Montour County Rest Area Westbound: 24.2 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Long Lane Flower & Garden: 16.9 mi
  • STREAM Garden: 20.1 mi
  • Tripollinator Garden: 20.7 mi
  • Butterfly Gardens: 22.2 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Red Candle Island: 10.3 mi
  • J. Doyle Corman Amphitheater and Floating Stage: 16.5 mi
  • Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of R. B. Winter State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The WineheadW 261°724 m14.7 mi
Riansares MountainWNW 292°706 m10.7 mi
Thick MountainSW 228°671 m11.6 mi
White MountainSW 221°671 m15.4 mi
Winkelblech MountainSW 235°668 m9.1 mi
Shriner MountainWSW 247°665 m8.9 mi
Paddy MountainSSW 213°660 m8.7 mi
Jones MountainESE 117°659 m3.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:21
June solstice05:3820:0420:45
September equinox06:5718:3219:08
December solstice07:3116:0016:44

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283239516270747265544233

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laurelton CTR, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • hemlock varnish shelf19 obs
  • northern starflower18 obs
  • mountain laurel17 obs
  • eastern hemlock16 obs
  • Canada mayflower16 obs
  • Cortinarius angelesianus15 obs
  • partridgeberry13 obs
  • cinnamon fern13 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357305469

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