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Susquehanna State Park

Susquehanna State Park from directly overhead

Susquehanna State Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 162 m. Laurel Mountain stands 707 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is 1800's Susquehanna Log Boom Cribs, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.22342, -77.06024
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Schultz Field: 0.8 mi
  • Jackson Playground: 1.0 mi
  • Branton Wildlife Preserve: 1.4 mi
  • Branton Orchard: 1.4 mi
  • Bowman Field: 1.4 mi
Peaks
  • Jacks Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Raccoon Mountain: 3.0 mi
  • Quaker Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Shoemaker Knob: 8.8 mi
  • Potato Hill: 9.0 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • 1800's Susquehanna Log Boom Cribs: 0.5 mi
  • Site of first Little League baseball game: 1.6 mi
  • Allison Crane Bulldozer Blade: 1.9 mi
  • Veteran Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Flight 800 Memorial: 7.5 mi
Springs: 14
  • Gibson Hollow Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Smokey Bear Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Sand Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Big Rock Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Tea Spring: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 13
Artworks: 10
Museums: 9
Nature reserves: 7
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 12.9 mi
  • Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 12.9 mi
  • Montour County Rest Area Eastbound: 23.2 mi
  • Montour County Rest Area Westbound: 23.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • STREAM Garden: 3.7 mi
Attractions: 1
  • J. Doyle Corman Amphitheater and Floating Stage: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Susquehanna State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Laurel MountainN 353°707 m17.4 mi
Jones MountainSSW 193°659 m17.7 mi
Bodine MountainN 10°659 m17.8 mi
Cochran MountainN 2°658 m17.7 mi
Sugarcamp MountainN 5°653 m14.9 mi
Narrow MountainN 1°644 m14.3 mi
Green MountainNNW 346°642 m13.8 mi
McCall MountainSSW 211°640 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4419:20
June solstice05:3620:0420:45
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:3115:5916:43

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139516270747366534233
Precip in3.02.43.33.63.83.94.33.84.53.73.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Williamsport 2, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly5 obs
  • Merlin3 obs
  • Redstem Stork's-bill3 obs
  • striped maple3 obs
  • American pokeweed3 obs
  • chicory3 obs
  • ribwort plantain3 obs
  • silver maple3 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/5992026

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