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Sand Bridge State Park

Sand Bridge State Park from directly overhead

Sand Bridge State Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 479 m. Riansares Mountain stands 706 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
479 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.99841, -77.11469
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • R. B. Winter State Park: 3.9 mi
  • McCall Field: 5.2 mi
  • Harry Haney Memorial Park: 6.0 mi
  • Mifflinburg Community Park: 6.4 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 8.7 mi
Springs: 23
  • Tea Spring: 3.7 mi
  • The Little Bubbler: 4.0 mi
  • Ice Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Chambers Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Smokey Bear Spring: 7.4 mi
Historic sites: 17
Nature reserves: 12
Museums: 10
Artworks: 10
Picnic sites: 6
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 4.1 mi
  • Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 4.4 mi
  • Montour County Rest Area Eastbound: 19.6 mi
  • Montour County Rest Area Westbound: 20.3 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Tripollinator Garden: 18.1 mi
  • STREAM Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Butterfly Gardens: 18.7 mi
  • Long Lane Flower & Garden: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Red Candle Island: 12.3 mi
  • J. Doyle Corman Amphitheater and Floating Stage: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Sand Bridge State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Riansares MountainWNW 285°706 m14.3 mi
Thick MountainWSW 237°671 m14.9 mi
White MountainSW 230°671 m18.4 mi
Winkelblech MountainWSW 244°668 m12.6 mi
Shriner MountainWSW 253°665 m12.7 mi
Paddy MountainSW 228°660 m11.5 mi
Jones MountainSW 217°659 m2.1 mi
Branch MountainWSW 240°653 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4419:21
June solstice05:3720:0320:45
September equinox06:5718:3119:07
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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • mountain laurel8 obs
  • common columbine7 obs
  • wild sarsaparilla5 obs
  • ebony spleenwort5 obs
  • eastern hemlock4 obs
  • Black Tupelo4 obs
  • striped maple3 obs
  • sweet birch3 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/357334660

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