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Cheston Family Preserve at Briar Hill

Cheston Family Preserve at Briar Hill from directly overhead

Cheston Family Preserve at Briar Hill is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 75 m. Haycock Mountain stands 295 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Briar Hill Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Blue Route passes 3.2 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wissahickon Trails
Access
Permitted
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.15216, -75.24680

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Prophecy Creek Park: 0.5 mi
  • Penn - Ambler Park: 1.0 mi
  • Locust Street Park: 1.1 mi
  • Jean Thompson Park: 1.1 mi
  • The Highlands Mansion and Gardens: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • George Washington Bust: 1.9 mi
  • Two Lines Sculpture: 4.7 mi
  • Teedyuscung: 6.0 mi
  • Welcome Home: 6.6 mi
  • Buprestid Insulae: 6.6 mi
Museums
  • The Stoogeum: 2.1 mi
  • Historical Society of Montgomery County: 4.7 mi
  • Woodmere Art Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Mary Wood Park House: 6.0 mi
  • Harold F. Pitcairn Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum: 6.6 mi
Gardens
  • Spring House Estates: 2.5 mi
  • Research Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Woodland Gardens: 3.0 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 3.0 mi
  • Sustainable Wetland Garden: 3.0 mi
Attractions
  • Magnolia Slope: 4.5 mi
  • Out on a Limb Tree Canopy Walk: 4.7 mi
  • Orange Balustrade: 4.7 mi
  • Holiday Garden Railway: 4.7 mi
  • Azalea Meadow: 4.8 mi
Peaks: 44
  • Sandy Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Militia Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Fort Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Camp Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Lafayette Hill: 4.0 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Picnic Area B: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Area #3: 8.7 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 8.8 mi
Springs: 6
Cliffs: 5
  • Monkey Rock: 9.1 mi
  • Old Quarry: 21.0 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 21.2 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 21.5 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • King of Prussia Service Plaza: 7.9 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • High Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Gold Run: 24.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cheston Family Preserve at Briar Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Haycock MountainN 4°295 m23.3 mi
Rock HillN 352°256 m17.9 mi
North MountainN 2°251 m24.3 mi
Highest Point Montgomery CountyNW 324°218 m23.6 mi
Mill HillNW 325°202 m23.7 mi
Diamond Rock HillWSW 250°188 m14.8 mi
Gabel HillWNW 300°183 m24.1 mi
Mount MiseryWSW 250°176 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5420:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2115:5616:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536373787669574637
Precip in3.73.04.43.94.24.24.75.04.94.33.64.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norristown, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1423294216

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