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Chestnut Mountain Nature Preserve

Chestnut Mountain Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Chestnut Mountain Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 531 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Governor Casey Byway passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Buck Hill Conservation Foundation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.20465, -75.29218

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Chestnut Mountain: 0.7 mi
  • Bush Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Shaffers Knob: 1.7 mi
  • Turkey Knoll: 2.0 mi
  • Mount Godfrey: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • High Acres Park: 1.5 mi
  • Sky Puppies: 3.2 mi
  • E-Park: 3.7 mi
  • Ice Lake Park: 3.9 mi
  • Seven Pines Park: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 57
Nature reserves: 55
Waterfalls: 43
  • Bond Hill Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Indian Ladder Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Little Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Resica Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Marshalls Creek Falls: 13.2 mi
Museums: 25
  • Cresco Station Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Wills Mansion Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Tobyhanna Train Station: 6.8 mi
  • Gouldsboro Train Station: 8.8 mi
  • Brodhead Creek Heritage Center: 10.9 mi
Attractions: 23
Beaches: 14
  • Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Tall Timber Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Deer Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Laurel Ridge Beach: 16.3 mi
Gardens: 13
  • Glacier Lake Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Labyrinth Garden: 6.8 mi
  • native plant garden: 11.9 mi
  • Sarah Street Garden: 15.9 mi
  • The Smith-Harker Community Garden: 20.0 mi
Artworks: 11
Picnic sites: 8
  • Robin Cove Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 7.6 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 7.7 mi
  • Pecks Pond Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Crescent Lake Rest Area: 10.3 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 11.1 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 11.3 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 16.7 mi
  • Rest area: 23.2 mi
Springs: 5
  • Octave Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Bill Warner Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Sand Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Fountain of Youth: 20.1 mi
  • Pocono Spring: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Chestnut Mountain Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine HillW 277°690 m18.0 mi
Dresser HillWNW 288°673 m3.7 mi
Pimple HillSW 223°669 m16.5 mi
Panther HillWNW 283°662 m17.1 mi
Turkey KnollWSW 237°655 m2.0 mi
Camelback MountainSSW 196°647 m11.6 mi
Blair HillWNW 288°645 m14.0 mi
Stone TowerW 270°636 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3719:13
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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1203310335

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