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Samuel S. Lewis State Park

Samuel S. Lewis State Park from directly overhead

Samuel S. Lewis State Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 261 m. Nells Hill stands 403 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is George E. Stein Arboretum, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Mason and Dixon Byway passes 20 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.99563, -76.54868

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Riverfront Park: 2.3 mi
  • East Prospect Community Park: 2.3 mi
  • Klines Run Park: 2.8 mi
  • Yorkana Park: 2.8 mi
  • Clayton Eli Emig Park: 2.9 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Haines Shoe House: 4.7 mi
  • Memorial Flag Pole: 8.0 mi
  • Bounce Kraze: 12.9 mi
  • Carousel: 13.1 mi
  • Trancending Flesh: 13.1 mi
Nature reserves: 59
  • Highpoint Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
  • Wilton Meadows Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
  • Native Lands Park: 2.7 mi
  • Wizard Ranch Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
  • Robert A. Kinsley Nature Preserve: 4.4 mi
Artworks: 42
  • Ship Mountjoy Sculpture: 8.3 mi
  • Looking Back: 9.5 mi
  • York: 9.6 mi
  • Rebirth: 9.6 mi
  • Bird for Spoken Word: 9.6 mi
Peaks: 40
  • Mount Pisgah: 0.1 mi
  • Round Top: 3.4 mi
  • Chimney Rock: 3.5 mi
  • Buzzards Roost: 4.3 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 5.6 mi
Historic sites: 40
Gardens: 20
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 9
  • Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Trestle Trail Picnic Site: 11.6 mi
  • Boy Scout Pavilion: 16.8 mi
  • Bortz Pavilion: 16.8 mi
  • Penryn Church Grove: 17.5 mi
Springs: 6
  • Donegal Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Lititz Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Spring Creek Springs: 20.4 mi
  • Penryth Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Schaefferstown Spring: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 17.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nells HillWNW 289°403 m22.9 mi
Round TopWNW 291°401 m21.3 mi
High RockWSW 247°353 m23.2 mi
Governor Dick HillNNE 16°350 m18.0 mi
Pinetown HillWNW 293°338 m21.2 mi
Blair HillWNW 286°336 m24.2 mi
Spring HillNNE 22°331 m18.7 mi
Flat MountainWNW 291°327 m22.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:18
June solstice05:3819:5820:39
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:2516:0216:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323441536373777568574637
Precip in3.32.74.13.53.94.64.33.64.94.43.43.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Safe Harbor DAM, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common toadflax17 obs
  • American pokeweed9 obs
  • bladder campion9 obs
  • chicory7 obs
  • Zebra Swallowtail7 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow6 obs
  • Carolina horsenettle6 obs
  • mountain laurel5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/81191672

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