Pequea Magnetic Iron Mining Company
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Pequea Magnetic Iron Mining Company is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 72 m. Governor Dick Hill stands 350 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Climbers Run Nature Center, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. Mason and Dixon Byway passes 15 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Lower Susquehanna Scenic Byway
- 24.2 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
- 23.2 mi off the Horses and Hounds Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- King & Queen Seat · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Climbers Run Nature Center: 1.7 mi
- Martic Township Park: 2.1 mi
- State Game Lands Number 288: 2.3 mi
- Trout Run: 2.6 mi
- Shenks Ferry Wildflower Preserve: 2.9 mi
- West Lampeter Park: 3.7 mi
- Windolph Landing Park: 4.8 mi
- Village Park: 5.6 mi
- Millersville Borough - Freedom Memorial Park: 5.7 mi
- D.F. Buchmiller County Park: 5.8 mi
- 1719 Museum: 4.6 mi
- Historic Rock Ford Plantation: 6.4 mi
- Demuth Museum: 7.4 mi
- Lancaster Museum of Art: 7.6 mi
- Lancaster Historical Society: 7.7 mi
- Indian Steps Museum: 5.5 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 7.4 mi
- Thaddeus Stevens Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Lock 12: 8.1 mi
- Thomas Neel Homestead: 8.7 mi
- Red Hill: 2.2 mi
- Turkey Hill: 7.3 mi
- Bunker Hill: 7.3 mi
- Stony Hill: 7.9 mi
- Face Rock: 8.2 mi
- Lime Valley covered bridge: 5.1 mi
- Village Green Miniature Golf: 7.1 mi
- Lancaster Convention Center: 7.3 mi
- Trancending Flesh: 7.6 mi
- Carousel: 8.1 mi
- Indian Steps Totem Pole: 5.5 mi
- Steinman Statue: 7.4 mi
- Transcending Flesh: 7.6 mi
- Missles Into Plowshares: 9.2 mi
- Parallel Bar Carving: 9.2 mi
- Trestle Trail Picnic Site: 8.6 mi
- Leaman Place Junction: 12.2 mi
- Boy Scout Pavilion: 15.6 mi
- Bortz Pavilion: 15.6 mi
- Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Safe Harbor Arboretum: 3.2 mi
- Millersville Alumni Bell Court Garden: 4.8 mi
- George E. Stein Arboretum: 12.7 mi
- Grow-Up Garden: 13.5 mi
- Fern Island: 15.6 mi
- ZP16: 6.1 mi
- ZP34: 6.1 mi
- ZP37: 6.2 mi
- ZP35: 6.3 mi
- Indian Rock: 6.5 mi
- Black Rock Spring: 12.1 mi
- Black Barren Spring: 15.3 mi
- Lititz Spring: 15.6 mi
- Donegal Spring: 17.4 mi
- Willow Hill Covered Bridge: 9.1 mi
- Kilgore Falls: 17.4 mi
- Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pequea Magnetic Iron Mining Company. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Governor Dick Hill | NNW 342° | 350 m | 22.8 mi |
| Spring Hill | NNW 347° | 331 m | 22.3 mi |
| Welsh Mountain | ENE 58° | 313 m | 24.5 mi |
| Eagle Rock | N 1° | 306 m | 21.5 mi |
| Chimney Rock | WNW 293° | 263 m | 16.2 mi |
| Cannon Hill | N 4° | 262 m | 22.3 mi |
| Forge Hill | N 1° | 259 m | 22.1 mi |
| Buzzards Roost | WNW 299° | 258 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:01 | 16:44 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Safe Harbor DAM, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1527671258
Day trips start here
- Lancaster County · 8 mi
- Lancaster · 8 mi
- Strasburg · 8 mi
- Intercourse · 13 mi
- Wrightsville · 13 mi
- Oxford · 21 mi
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