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Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary

Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Topton Mountain stands 378 m to the west-southwest, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Laura Street Playground, a park 0.5 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wildlands Conservatory
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.54519, -75.51517

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Laura Street Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Camp Olympic Park: 0.7 mi
  • Rodale County Park: 0.9 mi
  • Rodale County Park: 0.9 mi
  • Millbrook Farms Recreation Area: 0.9 mi
Attractions
  • Splash Landing: 2.3 mi
  • Patriot's Plunge: 2.4 mi
  • Kids Cove: 2.4 mi
  • Wildwater Rapids: 2.4 mi
  • Aquablast: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 57
  • Museum of Indian Culture: 1.3 mi
  • Emmaus Historical Society: 1.5 mi
  • Mack Trucks Historical Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Da Vinci Science Center: 4.5 mi
  • Da Vinci Science Center at PPL Pavilion: 4.5 mi
Gardens: 32
Artworks: 23
  • Emma: 1.5 mi
  • Victor's Lament: 3.6 mi
  • Arts Walk Hamilton Connector: 4.6 mi
  • Court Street Arts Alley: 4.7 mi
  • Mr. Imagination's Sculpture Garden: 8.2 mi
Springs: 16
  • Poorhouse Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Lehigh Park Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Helfrichs Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #3: 18.0 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Carousel Grove: 2.5 mi
  • Food Fest Grove: 2.5 mi
  • Parkside Pavillion: 2.6 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 9.7 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 4
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 12.3 mi
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 14.8 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 22.3 mi
  • Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 24.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • High Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 21.8 mi
  • Wild Creek Falls: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • 309 Truck Stop: 7.9 mi
  • Rest Area: 9.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Topton MountainWSW 242°378 m10.0 mi
Gap HillSW 230°349 m8.1 mi
Bauer RockENE 71°317 m4.3 mi
Sandstone RidgeNNW 340°311 m12.9 mi
Flint HillE 97°308 m8.8 mi
Gaffney HillENE 68°308 m14.7 mi
KirchbergENE 74°305 m10.9 mi
South MountainENE 65°301 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3219:5620:37
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2315:5516:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303241526271767466554435
Precip in3.32.83.63.73.64.45.34.64.84.13.23.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allentown Lehigh VLY Intl AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/656524475

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