Oil Seeps
Oil Seeps is a spring in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 380 m. Jackson Hill stands 587 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Gregg Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Lake Wilhelm Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 24.2 mi off the Lake Wilhelm Scenic Byway
114 named places within 25 miles
- Petroleum Center Playground: 1.2 mi
- Rouseville Playground: 4.0 mi
- Pioneer Flats: 6.1 mi
- Two Mile Run County Park: 6.2 mi
- The Ed Myer Complex: 6.3 mi
- Foster Hill: 4.3 mi
- Hoag Hill: 8.8 mi
- Cream Hill: 11.8 mi
- Point Hill: 11.9 mi
- Butcherknife Hill: 12.9 mi
- Daughters of the American Revolution Monument: 5.6 mi
- Robert's Torpedo: 6.2 mi
- Cornplanter: 7.0 mi
- Vandergrift: 7.0 mi
- Edith C Justus Park: 7.1 mi
- State Game Lands Number 47: 7.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 272: 14.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 199: 18.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 200: 19.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 146: 21.1 mi
- Drake Well Museum: 5.7 mi
- Venango County Museum: 6.8 mi
- Clifford's Rug Gallery & Studio: 7.3 mi
- DeBence Antique Music World: 12.4 mi
- American Rabbit Breeders Association: 24.3 mi
- Gregg Falls: 0.9 mi
- Potters Falls: 18.3 mi
- Freedom Falls: 20.6 mi
- Petroleum Center: 1.2 mi
- Pithole: 4.5 mi
- Fagundus: 14.1 mi
- Graffiti Gallery: 6.8 mi
- Chief Cornplanter: 6.9 mi
- Venango Campus Statue: 8.8 mi
- Big Rocks: 7.8 mi
- Tidioute Overlook: 17.4 mi
- Clear Lake: 20.4 mi
- Sandstone Springs: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oil Seeps. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Hill | NNE 21° | 587 m | 23.1 mi |
| Cole Hill | NE 35° | 584 m | 20.8 mi |
| Turner Hill | NNE 12° | 559 m | 24.7 mi |
| Stony Point | E 90° | 558 m | 21.2 mi |
| Eastman Hill | N 2° | 551 m | 19.9 mi |
| Baker Rocks | NNE 28° | 550 m | 23.7 mi |
| Pine Hill | SSE 150° | 515 m | 13.8 mi |
| Fools Knob | ENE 72° | 509 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:15 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:08 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 25 | 33 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Titusville WTR WKS, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 716 | 734 | 1,059 | 917 | 599 | 391 | 246 | 172 | 202 | 269 | 501 | 713 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Oil Creek at Rouseville, PA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Smallmouth Bass29 obs
- Eastern Newt26 obs
- Rock Bass25 obs
- American Toad23 obs
- Ghost Pipe13 obs
- turkey-tail12 obs
- North American Porcupine11 obs
- Christmas fern11 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/11191954986
Day trips start here
- Oil City · 7 mi
- Titusville · 7 mi
- Erie Region · 26 mi
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