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State Game Land 227

Type
State game land (public hunting land)
Where
Rush & Schuylkill Townships (Locust Mountain, north of Tamaqua), Schuylkill County, PA
Township(s)
Rush & Schuylkill (Locust Mountain, north of Tamaqua)
Managed by
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Acreage
1,506 acres
Wildlife Management Unit
4C
Coordinates
40.82944, -75.99389 (approximate) · Open in Maps
GNIS centroid (multi-parcel central point) — not a parking pin; pull exact parking coordinates from the PGC interactive mapping center.
Last verified
2026-06-18

State Game Land 227 sits on Locust Mountain north of Tamaqua, in the Rush and Schuylkill Township areas entirely within Schuylkill County. It covers 1,506 acres of roughly 94% forested mountain between about 600 and 1,400 feet.

In WMU 4C, hunters take deer, black bear, turkey, ruffed grouse, rabbits, squirrels, waterfowl, and furbearers. Five parking lots serve the land — three on LR 53097, one on SR 54, and one on Township Road 860 — all roads are closed year-round to public motor vehicles, and trout-fishing streams cross it. Season dates, bag limits, antlerless allocations, and Sunday-hunting days are set each year by the Pennsylvania Game Commission — confirm the current year before you hunt.

Access & parking

Getting there
All roads closed year-round to public motor vehicles; trout-fishing streams cross it.
Parking
Five parking lots (three on LR 53097, one on SR 54, one on Township Road 860)

Sources

← Outdoor Life