Willow Hill Covered Bridge
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Willow Hill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Eagle Peak stands 396 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Amish Farm and House, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Willow Hill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge located off U.S. Route 30 that spans Miller’s Run (which flows into Mill Creek, a tributary of the Conestoga River) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was built in 1962 by Roy Zimmerman as a reconstruction using parts of the Miller's Farm Covered Bridge, built in 1871 by Elias McMellen, and Good's Fording Covered Bridge, built in 1855. It crosses Miller's Run and is 93 feet (28 m) long and 15 feet (4.6 m) wide. The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods. It is painted red, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges, on the outside. The inside is unpainted. Both approaches to the bridge are painted in the traditional white color. The bridge's WGCB Number is 38-36-43. Because it was constructed from two historic covered bridges, it is not listed on the National Register of Historic Places like most of the other covered bridges in the county. It is located at 40°1′30″N 76°12′11.9″W.
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Wikidata Q8022325, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 19.5 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
- 22.8 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 24.7 mi off the Lower Susquehanna Scenic Byway
- 27.8 mi off the Exton Bypass
Overlooks nearby
- Kilgore Falls · 26 mi
- King & Queen Seat · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East Lampeter Township Community Park: 0.8 mi
- Flory Park: 2.0 mi
- Windy Hill Park: 2.2 mi
- Summer Breeze Park: 2.8 mi
- Lafayette Tower Park: 2.8 mi
- Strasburg Community Park: 2.8 mi
- Holly Pointe Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Shiprock Woods Nature Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Windolph Landing Nature Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Homewood Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Visitors Center: 1.2 mi
- Biblical Tabernacle: 1.2 mi
- Mennonite Life: 1.2 mi
- Amish Experience: 3.4 mi
- Ressler Family Home: 3.5 mi
- Bunker Hill: 4.2 mi
- Oak Hill: 5.4 mi
- Stony Hill: 6.6 mi
- Dry Hill: 7.4 mi
- Red Hill: 9.6 mi
- Thaddeus Stevens Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 5.6 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 5.6 mi
- Groff Memorial: 8.2 mi
- ELANCO Veterans Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Amish Farm and House: 0.2 mi
- Double Splash Flume: 0.9 mi
- Merry-Go-Round: 0.9 mi
- Kite Flight: 0.9 mi
- Bumper Cars: 1.0 mi
- Missles Into Plowshares: 2.8 mi
- Parallel Bar Carving: 2.9 mi
- Parallel Bar Carving: 2.9 mi
- Jakes Country Trading Post: 2.9 mi
- William Penn: 3.0 mi
- Grow-Up Garden: 7.0 mi
- Millersville Alumni Bell Court Garden: 8.3 mi
- Psalm 23 Prayer Garden: 8.3 mi
- Fern Island: 10.8 mi
- The Courtyard: 11.3 mi
- Indian Rock: 4.4 mi
- Old Quarry Pit: 9.8 mi
- Trailside Wall: 14.1 mi
- ZP16: 14.1 mi
- ZP34: 14.3 mi
- Leaman Place Junction: 4.9 mi
- Trestle Trail Picnic Site: 7.8 mi
- Bortz Pavilion: 10.8 mi
- Boy Scout Pavilion: 10.9 mi
- Penryn Church Grove: 15.6 mi
- Lititz Spring: 10.9 mi
- Black Rock Spring: 11.9 mi
- Schaefferstown Spring: 19.4 mi
- Black Barren Spring: 19.9 mi
- Donegal Spring: 20.0 mi
- Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Willow Hill Covered Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | N 2° | 396 m | 21.7 mi |
| Governor Dick Hill | NW 319° | 350 m | 20.4 mi |
| Spring Hill | NW 324° | 331 m | 19.1 mi |
| Cushion Peak | NNE 19° | 320 m | 20.4 mi |
| Welsh Mountain | ENE 66° | 313 m | 15.9 mi |
| Eagle Rock | NNW 338° | 306 m | 16.3 mi |
| Williams Hill | ENE 59° | 306 m | 23.9 mi |
| Thomas Hill | ENE 64° | 295 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:00 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster 2 NE Filt PLT, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1414490629
Day trips start here
- Lancaster County · 3 mi
- Strasburg · 3 mi
- Intercourse · 5 mi
- Lancaster · 6 mi
- Honey Brook · 16 mi
- Wrightsville · 17 mi
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