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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

Historic sites: 59
  • 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
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
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
Artworks: 56
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
  • Bell Acres Nature Park: 7.4 mi
  • Venango Trail: 7.7 mi
Gardens: 44
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: 17
  • 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
Waterfalls: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Tables for Building 500: 7.1 mi
  • Picnic tables for Building 800: 7.2 mi
  • Rider's Ridge: 16.7 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 16.7 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 19.0 mi
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 HillNNE445 m17.1 mi
Round KnobW433 m23.4 mi
Big KnobNNE423 m2.6 mi
Stewart HillWSW412 m17.0 mi
Fletcher HillNNW410 m17.2 mi
Turkey HillNNW409 m17.0 mi
Herron HillSE384 m21.4 mi
Fridays HillN380 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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