- Elevation, modelled
- 289 m
- Tallest summit within 20.6 miles
- Little Flat738 m · 6.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- High Plateau Scenic Byway17.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:47local time
- Coordinates
- 40.8209, -77.8305
Spring Creek Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled 289 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the southeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Creekside Estates Open Space, a park 0.6 miles away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Spring Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Flat | SE 140° | 738 m | 6.2 mi |
| Thickhead Mountain | SE 126° | 733 m | 8.8 mi |
| Big Flat | SSE 161° | 732 m | 7.2 mi |
| Broad Mountain | SSE 153° | 726 m | 10.8 mi |
| Grass Mountain | SE 142° | 717 m | 8.9 mi |
| Broad Mountain | SE 125° | 716 m | 10.4 mi |
| Bear Knob | NNW 331° | 713 m | 10.2 mi |
| Milligans Knob | SE 140° | 711 m | 12.2 mi |
- 17.2 mi off the High Plateau Scenic Byway
- 28.3 mi off the Bucktail Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Creekside Estates Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Slab Cabin Park: 0.9 mi
- Cairns Crossing: 0.9 mi
- The Lemont Village Green: 1.0 mi
- Glenn Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
- Centre Furnace: 1.3 mi
- General James A. Beaver Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Faculty Cottages: 2.2 mi
- Atom First "Seen": 2.2 mi
- Pure Food Laws: 2.3 mi
Peaks
- Mount Nittany: 1.9 mi
- Bald Knob: 5.1 mi
- Little Flat: 6.2 mi
- Tussey Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Big Flat: 7.2 mi
Springs: 31
- Bathgate Spring: 0.7 mi
- Thompson Spring: 1.6 mi
- Walnut Spring: 1.6 mi
- Benner Spring: 2.1 mi
- Blue Spring: 3.5 mi
Museums: 30
- Centre Furnace Mansion: 1.2 mi
- Mascaro-Steiniger Equipment Museum: 1.4 mi
- Penn State All-Sports Museum: 1.5 mi
- Turfgrass Museum: 2.0 mi
- The Frost Entomological Museum: 2.1 mi
Attractions: 23
- Millbrook Marsh Nature Center: 0.7 mi
- Mill Wheel: 2.1 mi
- Deeded Square Inches: 2.2 mi
- Air Quality Learning and Demonstration Center: 2.5 mi
- Lion Shrine: 2.6 mi
Artworks: 22
- We Are Sculpture: 1.7 mi
- Lucy C. Lederer Statue: 1.8 mi
- Ridge and Valley Sculpture: 2.3 mi
- Joel N. Meyers Sundial: 2.3 mi
- Childhood's Gate: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves: 18
- Thompson Woods Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Stony Batter Natural Area: 1.5 mi
- Spring Creek Canyon: 3.0 mi
- Stan Yoder Memorial Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Patton Woods Nature Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
Gardens: 12
- Pollinator Garden: 0.7 mi
- Penn State Community Garden Pollinator Garden: 1.2 mi
- The Giving Garden: 1.2 mi
- Schreyer Garden: 2.2 mi
- Bee and Pollinator Garden: 2.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
- The Rock: 2.1 mi
- Buck Point: 12.2 mi
- Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir: 12.3 mi
- Donation Rocks: 18.2 mi
- Hunter Rock: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Picnic Spot- Christian Fellowship Church: 9.4 mi
- Pine Hill Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Longfellow Vista: 24.5 mi
- Karl Guss Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Beaches: 3
- Black Moshannon Beach: 13.7 mi
- Kish park beach access: 19.7 mi
- Beach access to Kish Creek: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 14.9 mi
- Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 15.1 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:47 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:06 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:03 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State College, 3 mi away.
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