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Forestbrooke Conservation Area

Forestbrooke Conservation Area from directly overhead

Forestbrooke Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Mount Wheeler stands 450 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Ridge Ballfield, a park 0.5 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 9.4 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Hollow Oak Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates40.45109, -80.20391

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Old Ridge Ballfield: 0.5 mi
  • Westbury Tot Lot: 0.5 mi
  • Morosetti Park at Hankey Farms: 0.7 mi
  • Aten Road Ballfield: 1.2 mi
  • Elm Street Park: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens: 58
Peaks: 44
  • Mt. Thornburg: 6.0 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Monument Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Herron Hill: 12.9 mi
  • Quakers Knob: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • White Pine Grove: 3.0 mi
  • Boggs Trailhead Picnic Site: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 13.2 mi
  • Grove: 13.5 mi
  • picnic tables: 14.3 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Urban Assault: 5.7 mi
  • The Edgeworth Club: 6.6 mi
  • Fern Hollow Nature Center: 7.0 mi
  • Giant Chair: 7.1 mi
  • Canton Avenue: 9.6 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Tiger Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Thornburg Beach: 6.8 mi
  • BAB: 17.4 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 22.5 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 22.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs: 12.4 mi
  • Snake Run: 16.5 mi
  • Thompson Run Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Purgatory Falls: 24.2 mi
  • Fredericktown Falls: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 2
  • Lacock Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Francis Spring: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Forestbrooke Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WheelerS 185°450 m22.2 mi
Quakers KnobSW 236°443 m13.2 mi
Big KnobN 1°423 m18.7 mi
Garrett HillSSW 202°420 m17.1 mi
Hannas KnobS 175°417 m14.3 mi
Stewart HillWNW 301°412 m19.7 mi
Pollocks KnobSE 136°407 m19.1 mi
Cemetery HillS 188°397 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5719:33
June solstice05:5120:1420:55
September equinox07:0918:4419:20
December solstice07:4116:1516:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293140526169737265534334
Precip in3.02.63.13.33.84.14.33.53.32.82.92.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pittsburgh Asos, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/803452459

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