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Boggs Run Conservation Area

Boggs Run Conservation Area from directly overhead

Boggs Run Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 318 m. Quakers Knob stands 443 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Shousetown Boatyard, a historic site 2.8 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Hollow Oak Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates40.54162, -80.26922

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Hopewell Community Park: 2.8 mi
  • North Landside Terrace: 3.3 mi
  • North Airside Terrace: 3.4 mi
  • South Landside Terrace: 3.4 mi
  • South Airside Terrace: 3.4 mi
Artworks
Museums: 59
Gardens: 56
Peaks: 29
  • Clover Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Mt. Thornburg: 11.9 mi
  • Big Knob: 12.9 mi
  • North Field: 13.7 mi
Attractions: 23
  • The Edgeworth Club: 4.3 mi
  • Giant Chair: 6.2 mi
  • Fern Hollow Nature Center: 6.2 mi
  • Urban Assault: 12.1 mi
  • 155mm Gun M1: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Boggs Trailhead Picnic Site: 7.5 mi
  • Rider's Ridge: 10.0 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 10.1 mi
  • Picnic tables for Building 800: 13.2 mi
  • Picnic Tables for Building 500: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs: 9.0 mi
  • Snake Run: 10.5 mi
  • Purgatory Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Fredericktown Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Stewarts Falls: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 3
  • BAB: 10.6 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Thornburg Beach: 12.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Lacock Spring: 10.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Boggs Run Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quakers KnobSSW 209°443 m15.6 mi
Round KnobWNW 293°433 m23.0 mi
Big KnobNNE 16°423 m12.9 mi
Garrett HillS 187°420 m22.3 mi
Hannas KnobSSE 167°417 m21.0 mi
Stewart HillWNW 286°412 m14.0 mi
Herron HillESE 110°384 m17.4 mi
Beatty HillNW 316°380 m18.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5719:33
June solstice05:5120:1520:56
September equinox07:0918:4419:20
December solstice07:4216:1416:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506169737164524233
Precip in3.12.63.33.64.04.44.13.63.83.13.13.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moon TWP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/803452457

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