Cave Hill Nature Center
Cave Hill Nature Center is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 142 m. Bowers Mountain stands 640 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cave Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 23 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Carlisle Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cave Hill: 0.1 mi
- Round Top: 7.0 mi
- Keller Hill: 7.7 mi
- Center Point Knob: 7.8 mi
- White Rocks: 8.1 mi
- Shaffer Park: 0.3 mi
- Carlisle Suburban Authority: 0.8 mi
- Heberlig-Palmer Park: 1.0 mi
- Village Park: 1.0 mi
- Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
- China Burma Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Molly Pitcher Memorial: 1.6 mi
- 80th Infantry "Blue Ridge" Division: 2.1 mi
- 88th Infantry "Blue Devil" Division: 2.1 mi
- 44th Bomb Group: 2.1 mi
- Cumberland County Historical Society: 1.3 mi
- U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center: 1.9 mi
- Rolls Royce Foundation: 7.1 mi
- Mechanicsburg Museum Association: 9.5 mi
- Boiler Room Museum: 9.6 mi
- West Locust Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 9.7 mi
- Special Needs Garden: 10.5 mi
- Special Needs Garden: 10.5 mi
- Grantham Community Garden: 11.3 mi
- Benjamin Rush: 1.3 mi
- Liberation Pointe: 1.8 mi
- Sundial: 10.5 mi
- River Cow: 12.6 mi
- Circle of Peace: 13.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 305: 7.9 mi
- Hamer Woodlands at Cove Mountain Preserve: 15.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 242: 15.2 mi
- McCormick Island: 15.9 mi
- Peiffer Memorial Arboretum and Nature Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Letort Spring: 3.4 mi
- Alexander Spring: 5.4 mi
- Bucher Spring: 10.5 mi
- Cool Spring: 11.3 mi
- Orr's Bridge Spring: 12.5 mi
- Blain Picnic Grounds: 18.2 mi
- Pavillon 5: 24.8 mi
- Dellville Covered Bridge: 10.5 mi
- Concrete Beach: 15.8 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Cave Hill Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowers Mountain | WNW 292° | 640 m | 14.9 mi |
| Big Flat Tower | SW 217° | 628 m | 19.1 mi |
| Flat Rock | W 281° | 578 m | 12.1 mi |
| Lewis Rocks | SSW 213° | 527 m | 17.1 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | SW 220° | 489 m | 14.6 mi |
| Buck Ridge Tower | SSW 202° | 488 m | 11.0 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SSW 198° | 487 m | 18.6 mi |
| Long Mountain | SSE 158° | 479 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:03 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlisle WTP, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12757539672
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- Gettysburg · 27 mi
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