Picnic site · Pennsylvania
Karl Guss Picnic Area
Karl Guss Picnic Area is a picnic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Longfellow Vista, a picnic site 2.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- DCNR
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates40.51384, -77.59613
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Church Park: 5.2 mi
- Juniata Terrace Park: 5.2 mi
- Green Gables Park: 5.3 mi
- Stone Arch Bridge Park: 5.3 mi
- Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
Historic sites
- Lewistown Viscose WWII Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Greenwood Furnace Stack No. 2: 12.6 mi
- Revolutionary and Civil War Memorial: 12.6 mi
- The Friends of Greenwood Furnace Pavilion: 12.6 mi
- CCC Monument (stone fireplace and chimney): 15.7 mi
Peaks
- Scotland: 5.8 mi
- Little Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Prayer Rock: 8.7 mi
- Spruce Hill: 8.7 mi
- Forge Hill: 9.9 mi
Museums: 22
- McCoy House: 5.9 mi
- Kishacoquillas Valley Historical Society: 11.7 mi
- Swigart Museum: 19.0 mi
- Shaver's Creek Visitor Center: 19.6 mi
- Isett Heritage Museum: 19.8 mi
Artworks: 22
- Yoda Statue: 19.6 mi
- Honors to the Fallen: 21.0 mi
- Silent Descent: 22.1 mi
- The Paper Trail: 22.2 mi
- Lucy C. Lederer Statue: 23.3 mi
Springs: 20
- Sand Springs: 4.0 mi
- Swarey Spring: 9.9 mi
- Yoder Spring: 10.4 mi
- Coffee Run Spring: 10.4 mi
- Mammoth Spring: 12.8 mi
Attractions: 19
- Lewistown Armory: 7.6 mi
- Beer Tap: 18.7 mi
- Shavers Creek Environmental Center: 19.6 mi
- Three Crosses of Mapleton: 19.7 mi
- Sugar Shack: 19.7 mi
Nature reserves: 11
- State Game Lands Number 215: 8.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 88: 9.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 107: 12.6 mi
- Rocky Ridge Natural Area: 13.8 mi
- Frank E. Masland, Jr. Natural Area: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Longfellow Vista: 2.1 mi
- Blain Picnic Grounds: 13.2 mi
- Bell Furnace Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Pavillon 5: 17.5 mi
- Pavillon 1: 17.6 mi
Gardens: 7
- Sculpture Garden: 16.5 mi
- The Giving Garden: 23.3 mi
- Schreyer Garden: 24.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 24.2 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Hunter Rock: 14.3 mi
- Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir: 15.0 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 17.4 mi
- Donation Rocks: 18.7 mi
- Pulpit Rocks: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 2
- Beach access to Kish Creek: 5.9 mi
- Kish park beach access: 7.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Ingleby: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Karl Guss Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Flat | NNW 333° | 738 m | 18.4 mi |
| Thickhead Mountain | NNW 342° | 733 m | 16.8 mi |
| Big Flat | NW 326° | 732 m | 17.5 mi |
| Broad Mountain | NNW 327° | 726 m | 13.8 mi |
| Grass Mountain | NNW 334° | 717 m | 15.7 mi |
| Broad Mountain | NNW 346° | 716 m | 15.7 mi |
| Milligans Knob | NNW 340° | 711 m | 12.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNW 331° | 700 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:04 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:04 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lewistown, 5 mi away.
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