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Butler Preserve

Butler Preserve from directly overhead

Butler Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 522 m. Lake Mountain stands 666 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Greater Hazleton Rails to Trails Trailhead, a park 0.7 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Branch Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.94741, -75.93574
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Greater Hazleton Rails to Trails Trailhead: 0.7 mi
  • East End Playground: 1.6 mi
  • East End Playground: 1.7 mi
  • Beaver Meadows Park: 1.7 mi
  • Pagnotti Field: 1.7 mi
Peaks
  • Buck Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Butler Mountain: 5.4 mi
  • Green Mountain: 6.3 mi
  • Round Head Mountain: 6.7 mi
  • Broad Mountain: 7.2 mi
Historic sites: 56
  • National Shrine of the Sacred Heart: 3.0 mi
  • Lattimer Massacre Monument: 3.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • Butler Township Honor Roll: 5.9 mi
  • Sugarloaf Massacre Monument: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves: 21
Museums: 15
  • Eckley Miner's Village Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Conyngham Historical Society: 7.5 mi
  • The No. 9 Coal Mine & Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Summit Hill Historical Society: 9.1 mi
  • Old Jail Museum: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Buttermilk Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Cave Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Lukes Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Terrace Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Onoko Falls: 9.8 mi
Artworks: 10
  • Nittany Lion Shrine: 5.6 mi
  • Philip Ginder Carved Rock: 9.1 mi
  • Benjamin Franklin Statue: 14.7 mi
  • Anthony P. Domato Mural: 16.4 mi
  • Sons of Liberty: 19.8 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Whitewater Challengers: 8.3 mi
  • Whitewater Rafting Adventures: 9.0 mi
  • 100 Mile View: 12.0 mi
  • Pocono Whitewater: 14.7 mi
  • Split Rock: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Eagle Rock Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 10.2 mi
  • Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 11.9 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 14.5 mi
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 22.2 mi
Springs: 6
Gardens: 5
Rest areas: 5
  • Blue Ridge Travel Plaza: 9.3 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 9.5 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Northbound: 10.8 mi
  • Columbia County Rest Area Westbound: 16.9 mi
  • Columbia County Rest Area Eastbound: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Gorgeous Rocks: 10.0 mi
  • Bear Mountain Overlook: 12.9 mi
  • Devil's Elbow: 13.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Camp Apple Tree: 10.2 mi
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Butler Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lake MountainENE 69°666 m18.5 mi
Bears HeadSW 228°634 m10.1 mi
Buck MountainN 4°603 m4.7 mi
Arbutus PeakNNE 15°595 m15.2 mi
Green MountainN 10°592 m6.3 mi
Buck MountainW 271°592 m14.2 mi
Bear RockENE 67°587 m16.4 mi
Catawissa MountainW 264°571 m20.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3319:5820:40
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2615:5516:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252634475766706862513930
Precip in3.93.04.24.44.65.15.24.75.24.84.14.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mahanoy City 2 N, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1207507425

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