Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #2
Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #2 is a spring in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 372 m. Bears Head stands 634 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #1, a spring 0.1 miles away. Delaware River Valley passes 28 miles off.
seasonal spring 0.12 miles from shelter (0.13 miles from AT)
How to reach it
- 28.4 mi off the Delaware River Valley
Named places within 25 miles
- Bake Oven Knob: 0.4 mi
- Bears Rocks: 2.1 mi
- Mahoning Hills: 3.5 mi
- Bull Head: 3.7 mi
- Mahoning Mountain: 5.0 mi
- East Penn Sporting Club - Softball Field: 3.0 mi
- Slatedale Playground: 3.9 mi
- East Penn Twsp - Veteran's Monument: 4.3 mi
- Marvin's Gardens Park: 4.4 mi
- East Penn Riverview Park: 4.5 mi
- Germansville Memorial Hall: 3.7 mi
- Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument: 6.0 mi
- Palmerton Area Veteran's Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Community Enhancement 2006 Greening Award: 7.1 mi
- Old Chain Bridge: 7.1 mi
- 100 Mile View: 7.0 mi
- Halls of Horror: 7.0 mi
- Whitewater Rafting Adventures: 8.9 mi
- Dragon Cement Co. Inc. No 1: 10.5 mi
- Pocono Whitewater: 13.9 mi
- Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge: 5.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 205: 7.5 mi
- Trexler Nature Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Johnson's Pond Wildlife Park: 9.1 mi
- Lower Tract: 10.9 mi
- Lehigh Gap Historical Society: 7.0 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 7.7 mi
- Asa Packer Mansion: 7.7 mi
- Mauch Chunk Museum and Cultural Center: 7.8 mi
- Summit Hill Historical Society: 9.1 mi
- Palmerton Concourse Club Rose Garden: 7.1 mi
- Stonehedge Gardens: 11.3 mi
- The Garden of Weedin: 14.2 mi
- Jordan Creek Community Garden: 14.7 mi
- The Tree of Life Memorial Grove: 15.6 mi
- Benjamin Franklin Statue: 5.5 mi
- Fireman's Drinking Fountain: 6.0 mi
- Sons of Liberty: 7.1 mi
- Palmerton "Patches": 7.2 mi
- Philip Ginder Carved Rock: 9.2 mi
- Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #1: 0.1 mi
- Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #3: 0.2 mi
- Penn Springs: 13.3 mi
- Helfrichs Spring: 15.1 mi
- Poorhouse Spring: 15.4 mi
- Camp Apple Tree: 7.5 mi
- Parkside Pavillion: 15.7 mi
- Food Fest Grove: 15.7 mi
- Carousel Grove: 15.8 mi
- Picinic Table (C): 19.6 mi
- Lower Falls: 9.4 mi
- Onoko Falls: 9.5 mi
- Terrace Falls: 9.5 mi
- Cave Falls: 9.6 mi
- Wild Creek Falls: 12.8 mi
- Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 5.8 mi
- Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 6.6 mi
- Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 7.8 mi
- Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 9.1 mi
- Indain Mountain Lake Beach: 20.8 mi
- Bear Mountain Overlook: 7.9 mi
- Gorgeous Rocks: 9.3 mi
- Peace Rock: 19.5 mi
- Devil's Elbow: 23.6 mi
- Rest Area: 19.7 mi
- Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #2. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bears Head | WNW 290° | 634 m | 19.6 mi |
| Bear Rock | NNE 12° | 587 m | 20.2 mi |
| Pine Hill | N 10° | 556 m | 18.7 mi |
| Round Head | WNW 298° | 556 m | 20.3 mi |
| Broad Mountain | NNW 339° | 549 m | 11.6 mi |
| Scrub Mountain | N 360° | 543 m | 12.5 mi |
| Millstone Mountain | NNE 16° | 543 m | 16.7 mi |
| Round Head Mountain | NNW 344° | 537 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:55 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lehighton 1ssw, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Jan, Mar–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,471 | 1,274 | 1,873 | 2,074 | 1,658 | 1,198 | 845 | 772 | 963 | 1,030 | 1,263 | 1,699 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Lehigh River at Lehighton, PA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10279453777
Day trips start here
- Whitehall Township · 13 mi
- Allentown · 17 mi
- Lehigh Valley · 17 mi
- Emmaus · 19 mi
- Bethlehem · 20 mi
- Nazareth · 22 mi
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