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Browns Hill Preserve

Browns Hill Preserve from directly overhead

Browns Hill Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 319 m. Dresser Hill stands 673 m to the northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Paradise Price Preserve, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Delaware River Valley passes 16 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Paradise Township
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.11874, -75.24678

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Paradise Discovery Park: 1.2 mi
  • Little Park: 2.1 mi
  • Posie's Park: 2.1 mi
  • The Roof: 2.2 mi
  • Mount Airy Red Rock Trailhead: 2.4 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Sophia: 2.8 mi
  • Cresco Heights: 3.9 mi
  • Snow Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Mount Godfrey: 4.4 mi
  • Seven Pines Mountain: 4.4 mi
Attractions: 44
Waterfalls: 40
  • Bond Hill Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Marshalls Creek Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Little Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Resica Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Twin Falls: 8.7 mi
Historic sites: 30
  • Veterans' Memorial Flag & Plaque: 6.8 mi
  • DL&W Interlocking Tower: 7.4 mi
  • Coal Pocket: 9.4 mi
  • Historic Churliegh Inn: 10.4 mi
  • Antoine Dutot: 11.1 mi
Museums: 17
  • Cresco Station Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Brodhead Creek Heritage Center: 4.5 mi
  • Frazetta Art Museum: 8.1 mi
  • Dansbury Depot: 9.0 mi
  • Wills Mansion Museum: 9.1 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Tall Timber Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Smithfield Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Smithfield Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Turtle Beach: 12.4 mi
Springs: 10
  • Bill Warner Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Octave Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Fountain of Youth: 15.5 mi
  • Sand Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Horn Springs: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 6
  • Glacier Lake Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Sarah Street Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Labyrinth Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Knowlton Township Butterfly Garden: 15.1 mi
  • native plant garden: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Crescent Lake Rest Area: 7.0 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 10.4 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 16.5 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 16.6 mi
  • Rest area: 17.1 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Rock Maze: 17.0 mi
  • Glass Tentacles: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Browns Hill Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dresser HillNW 320°673 m9.2 mi
Pimple HillWSW 246°669 m15.0 mi
Lake MountainWSW 255°666 m19.4 mi
Turkey KnollNW 320°655 m6.3 mi
Camelback MountainSW 226°647 m7.6 mi
Blair HillWNW 303°645 m18.7 mi
Shaffers KnobNNW 327°634 m7.4 mi
Mount WismerN 358°627 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:2919:5620:38
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2415:5216:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533445563686659483828
Precip in3.02.53.84.24.14.74.74.65.65.14.13.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Pocono Pocono Mountains MUN, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1203979850

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