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Brinton Run Preserve

Brinton Run Preserve from directly overhead

Brinton Run Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 138 m. Welsh Mountain stands 313 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Birmingham Hill Preserve, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2021-06-14
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North American Land Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.89501, -75.56874

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Palmer Arboretum: 1.4 mi
  • Brandywine Battlefield Park: 1.5 mi
  • East Pleasant Grove Open Space: 2.1 mi
  • Pleasant Grove Open Space: 2.3 mi
  • Westbourne Woods Open Space: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Birmingham Friends Meeting House historical marker: 1.5 mi
  • Battle of Brandywine: 1.9 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Great Minquas Path historical marker: 3.9 mi
  • Taylor/Frazer House Ruins: 4.1 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Frederick Douglass Statue: 4.3 mi
  • Chloe and Lucinda: 6.1 mi
  • Nittany Lion Shrine: 6.8 mi
  • Vanguard: 8.4 mi
  • Admiral Francis Dupont Statue: 8.9 mi
Attractions
  • Bell: 4.5 mi
  • Longwood Gardens: 5.7 mi
  • Historic Pump Room & Gallery: 6.0 mi
  • Sundial: 6.3 mi
  • Sycamore with Cement Core: 6.3 mi
Gardens
  • West End Community Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Italian Water Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Wisteria Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Peony Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Peirce-du Pont House Conservatory: 5.8 mi
Picnic sites: 35
  • Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 13 Picnic Site: 7.0 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 12 Picnic Site: 7.0 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 11 Picnic Site: 7.0 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 14 Picnic Site: 7.1 mi
Peaks: 32
  • Osborne Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Ebright Azimuth: 4.8 mi
  • Hunting Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Harmony Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Horseshoe Hill: 8.7 mi
Springs: 7
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Deemer's Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Oakwood Beach: 23.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Welsh MountainNW 309°313 m24.5 mi
Williams HillNNW 329°306 m24.8 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 336°305 m24.5 mi
Thomas HillNNW 328°295 m22.9 mi
Mount PleasureNNW 332°269 m23.6 mi
Gap HillWNW 285°252 m23.8 mi
Diamond Rock HillNNE 14°188 m13.0 mi
Mount MiseryNNE 20°176 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:14
June solstice05:3519:5420:35
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:2115:5816:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516170757366544335
Precip in3.63.14.63.83.84.04.44.85.74.83.54.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Chester 2 NW, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1164480365

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