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Binney and Smith Preserve

Binney and Smith Preserve from directly overhead

Binney and Smith Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Kittatinny Mountain stands 464 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Penn Pump Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 6.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wildlands Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.70337, -75.24688

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Penn Pump Park: 0.4 mi
  • Hillcrest Open Space: 0.4 mi
  • Hackett Park: 0.5 mi
  • Lion's Park: 0.6 mi
  • Knob Hill Open Space: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Dr. Traill Green Monument: 1.6 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Marquis de Lafayette Statue: 2.0 mi
  • Marquis de Lafayette Statue: 2.1 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 2.1 mi
Attractions
  • Crayola Experience: 2.1 mi
  • Delaware River Railroad Excursions: 2.7 mi
  • Josiah White II Canal Boat: 2.9 mi
  • C. F. Martin & Co., Inc. Factory: 4.7 mi
  • SteelStacks: 8.8 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 57
Gardens: 31
Artworks: 26
  • Transcendence: 2.0 mi
  • Leopard: 2.0 mi
  • Shapeyard: 2.0 mi
  • John Amos Comenius Monument: 8.7 mi
  • The Bridge: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Picnic Grove: 5.9 mi
  • Charlie Brown's Clearing: 8.0 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 8.2 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 8.2 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • High Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 14.5 mi
  • Old Mill Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Lower Falls: 18.1 mi
Springs: 10
Cliffs: 8
Beaches: 5
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 6.0 mi
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 18.8 mi
  • Smithfield Beach: 24.5 mi
  • Smithfield Beach: 24.7 mi
  • Indain Mountain Lake Beach: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area: 8.5 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 16.2 mi
  • Rest area: 18.9 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 20.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Binney and Smith Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kittatinny MountainNNE 11°464 m16.5 mi
Mount No MoreENE 60°348 m13.4 mi
Scotts MountainENE 73°331 m9.0 mi
Bauer RockSW 226°317 m13.8 mi
Gaffney HillS 185°308 m5.4 mi
Flint HillSSW 204°308 m13.1 mi
KirchbergSSW 205°305 m8.6 mi
South MountainSW 222°301 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3119:5520:36
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2215:5416:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303139516170757266544334
Precip in3.73.03.73.94.34.85.65.24.74.53.44.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phillipsburg-easton BRG, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1393177689

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