Concrete Stanchions
Concrete Stanchions is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 161 m. Eagle Peak stands 396 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Neversink Station, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
The site where concrete stanchions used to support gravel buckets for their trip to the stone crusher at the bottom of the mountain. (1890)
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
- 23.9 mi off the Exton Bypass
- 28.3 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Neversink Mountain Preserve: 0.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 324: 1.3 mi
- Slate Hill Open Space: 3.1 mi
- Seidel Hill Tract: 3.3 mi
- Green Hills Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Neversink Playground: 0.6 mi
- 16th and Haak Playground: 0.8 mi
- Pendora Park: 0.9 mi
- 10th & South Playground: 0.9 mi
- 12th & Chestnut: 1.0 mi
- Neversink Station: 0.1 mi
- Wrecked Car: 0.2 mi
- Stone Crusher: 0.4 mi
- Klapperthal Pavilion: 0.5 mi
- Klapperthal Station: 0.6 mi
- Neversink Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Dengler Hill: 1.0 mi
- Highs Hill: 1.2 mi
- Black Bear Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mount Penn: 1.9 mi
- Reading Area Firefighters Museum: 1.4 mi
- Reading Science Center: 1.6 mi
- American Museum of Veterinary Medicine: 1.7 mi
- Reading Public Museum: 2.6 mi
- Berks History Center: 2.7 mi
- Peace Rock: 1.6 mi
- Graffitti Tree: 8.4 mi
- Mast Farms' Corn Maze: 11.8 mi
- Hank St Peters (a photogenic wild turkey): 13.2 mi
- Pottsgrove Mansion: 13.8 mi
- Dove: 1.4 mi
- Exeter Eagle: 1.8 mi
- Ruins XXVII: 2.0 mi
- Boy with Gulls: 2.6 mi
- Troy: 2.6 mi
- Three Sisters Garden: 2.6 mi
- Trudy's Garden: 2.8 mi
- The Labyrinth Garden: 4.8 mi
- Salad & Herb Garden: 5.3 mi
- Doctor's Grove: 5.4 mi
- Springs of Punches Run: 4.3 mi
- Mammoth Spring: 4.9 mi
- Geiles Spring: 7.6 mi
- Micajah Posey Spring: 9.6 mi
- Peters Creek Spring: 9.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 6.1 mi
- Sweinhart Pavilion: 12.6 mi
- White Oak Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Red Rock Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Sunfish Pond Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 10.4 mi
- Millers Point: 10.4 mi
- Old Quarry Pit: 17.4 mi
- Peace Rock: 18.6 mi
- Fricks Locks Historic District: 17.5 mi
- Milford Mills: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Concrete Stanchions. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | W 275° | 396 m | 14.9 mi |
| Topton Mountain | NE 47° | 378 m | 16.0 mi |
| Gap Hill | NE 54° | 349 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Penn | N 2° | 342 m | 1.9 mi |
| Church Hill | NE 44° | 332 m | 4.9 mi |
| Long Hill | E 80° | 332 m | 10.9 mi |
| Fancy Hill | E 87° | 331 m | 10.6 mi |
| Deer Path Hill | NNE 14° | 326 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:58 | 16:41 |
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 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading Rgnl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5600606623
Day trips start here
- Reading · 2 mi
- Pottstown · 15 mi
- Honey Brook · 16 mi
- Philadelphia Region · 21 mi
- Pennsburg · 22 mi
- Intercourse · 23 mi
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