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Snake Run

Snake Run, seen from above at true elevation

Snake Run is a waterfall in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 279 m. Portersville Hill stands 445 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Freedom Memorial Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway passes 18 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Height
3 m
Width
5 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.68919, -80.22547

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Freedom Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Conway Community Baseball Park: 1.5 mi
  • Freedom Park: 1.6 mi
  • Ed Gratty Park: 1.7 mi
  • 4th Avenue Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Conway Borough War Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Rochester War Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • Rochester Civil War Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • Fort McIntosh: 4.1 mi
  • Clock Tower: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Linbrook Woodlands Conservation Area - ALT: 6.7 mi
  • NW Allegheny Conservation Area - ALT: 6.7 mi
  • Beadnell Slopes Conservation Area: 7.0 mi
  • NW Allegheny Conservation Area - ALT: 7.3 mi
  • Bell Acres Nature Park: 7.4 mi
Artworks: 59
Museums: 57
  • Merrick Art Gallery: 5.4 mi
  • Sample Schoolhouse: 6.2 mi
  • Zelienople Historical Society: 8.5 mi
  • Harmony Museum: 9.4 mi
  • Air Heritage Museum: 10.5 mi
Gardens: 48
Peaks: 25
  • Big Knob: 2.6 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Steffens Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Clover Hill: 9.1 mi
  • North Field: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 21
  • 155mm Gun M1: 6.5 mi
  • Harmony Weaver's Cabin: 9.4 mi
  • The Edgeworth Club: 10.1 mi
  • Giant Chair: 10.7 mi
  • Fern Hollow Nature Center: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Picnic Tables for Building 500: 7.1 mi
  • Picnic tables for Building 800: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Table: 11.9 mi
  • picnic tables: 12.9 mi
  • Rider's Ridge: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 11
Beaches: 4
  • BAB: 3.6 mi
  • Thornburg Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Lakeview Beach: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 1
  • Lacock Spring: 2.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Snake Run. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Portersville HillNNE 15°445 m17.1 mi
Round KnobW 267°433 m23.4 mi
Big KnobNNE 31°423 m2.6 mi
Stewart HillWSW 248°412 m17.0 mi
Fletcher HillNNW 342°410 m17.2 mi
Turkey HillNNW 342°409 m17.0 mi
Herron HillSE 139°384 m21.4 mi
Fridays HillN 352°380 m14.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5719:33
June solstice05:5120:1520:56
September equinox07:0918:4419:20
December solstice07:4216:1416:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282938496068727164534132
Precip in3.12.43.13.63.84.33.83.53.63.12.93.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaver Falls 1 NE, 7 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5,3885,7776,9306,0234,3063,1912,4781,8571,9841,9313,1214,880

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Beaver River at Beaver Falls, PA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6474341981

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