Sherk Bench
Sherk Bench is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 107 m. Eagle Peak stands 396 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Clymer Bench, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- wood
How to reach it
- 12.1 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
- 25.8 mi off the Exton Bypass
Named places within 25 miles
- The Quarry Park: 0.6 mi
- Fountain Park: 1.1 mi
- Montrose Manor Playground: 1.1 mi
- Red Caboose Park: 1.3 mi
- Brookline Park: 1.3 mi
- Slate Hill Open Space: 0.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 324: 2.9 mi
- Neversink Mountain Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Buxton Conservancy: 4.9 mi
- Green Hills Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Slate Hill: 0.8 mi
- Highs Hill: 3.4 mi
- Neversink Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Mount Penn: 4.4 mi
- Dengler Hill: 4.4 mi
- Clymer Bench: 0.2 mi
- Edelman Bench: 0.4 mi
- The Wilson Bulldog: 1.8 mi
- Volunteer Firemen's Memorial: 3.4 mi
- The First Defenders Monument: 3.4 mi
- Peace Rock: 4.1 mi
- Graffitti Tree: 11.2 mi
- Raggedy Ann's Ice Cream Shop: 11.3 mi
- Farm Life in Berks County: 11.3 mi
- Twas the Night Before Christmas: 11.3 mi
- Reading Public Museum: 1.5 mi
- Berks County Military History Museum: 1.9 mi
- Reading Area Firefighters Museum: 2.6 mi
- Reading Science Center: 3.0 mi
- Berks History Center: 3.3 mi
- Hayden: 1.3 mi
- Phoenix: 1.3 mi
- Sun Catcher: 1.3 mi
- Pelicans: 1.4 mi
- Sundial: 1.4 mi
- Trudy's Garden: 1.3 mi
- Three Sisters Garden: 1.5 mi
- The Labyrinth Garden: 3.3 mi
- Salad & Herb Garden: 3.8 mi
- Doctor's Grove: 3.8 mi
- Springs of Punches Run: 2.9 mi
- Mammoth Spring: 4.9 mi
- Geiles Spring: 8.1 mi
- Peters Creek Spring: 11.1 mi
- Bethany Childrens Home Spring: 11.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 9.7 mi
- White Oak Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Red Rock Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Sunfish Pond Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Sweinhart Pavilion: 15.7 mi
- Millers Point: 13.4 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 14.0 mi
- Old Quarry Pit: 14.4 mi
- Peace Rock: 18.0 mi
- Round Head: 22.1 mi
- Fricks Locks Historic District: 21.0 mi
- Milford Mills: 21.7 mi
- Willow Hill Covered Bridge: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Sherk Bench. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | W 278° | 396 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mount Penn | ENE 60° | 342 m | 4.4 mi |
| Church Hill | ENE 62° | 332 m | 8.0 mi |
| Long Hill | E 81° | 332 m | 14.6 mi |
| Fancy Hill | E 87° | 331 m | 14.3 mi |
| Deer Path Hill | NE 46° | 326 m | 6.6 mi |
| Irish Mountain | NNE 30° | 323 m | 8.6 mi |
| Cushion Peak | W 261° | 320 m | 5.3 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 | 16:42 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9061223017
Day trips start here
- Reading · 3 mi
- Honey Brook · 16 mi
- Pottstown · 18 mi
- Intercourse · 21 mi
- Lancaster County · 24 mi
- Philadelphia Region · 25 mi
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