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Fuller Preserve (Jere Knight Nature Trail)

Fuller Preserve (Jere Knight Nature Trail) from directly overhead

Fuller Preserve (Jere Knight Nature Trail) is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Bauer Rock stands 317 m to the west, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Jerry Pursell Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Heritage Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.54238, -75.26667

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Flagpole Memorial Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Peppermint Road Park: 2.5 mi
  • Southeastern Park: 3.0 mi
  • Alfred J. Fritchman Reservoir Park: 3.2 mi
  • Polk Valley Park: 3.7 mi
Museums
  • Springfield Township Historical Society: 1.8 mi
  • Stokes House: 4.0 mi
  • Heller–Wagner Grist Mill: 4.5 mi
  • Steelworkers' Archives: 6.9 mi
  • Richland Historical Society: 7.0 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens: 37
  • Herb Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Lehigh Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Esperanza: 7.4 mi
  • Sculpture Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Sand Island Children's Garden: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Mr. Imagination's Sculpture Garden: 7.0 mi
  • The Bridge: 7.3 mi
  • Amos The Greyhound: 8.1 mi
  • Nittany Lion Mascot Statue: 8.1 mi
  • John Amos Comenius Monument: 8.6 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Charlie Brown's Clearing: 7.0 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 9.1 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 9.1 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 9.1 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 9.2 mi
Springs: 11
  • Lehigh Park Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Helfrichs Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Marble Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Poorhouse Spring: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 3
  • High Falls: 7.5 mi
  • High Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 6.5 mi
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • 309 Truck Stop: 6.9 mi
  • Rest Area: 9.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Fuller Preserve (Jere Knight Nature Trail). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bauer RockW 280°317 m9.1 mi
Flint HillWSW 258°308 m4.4 mi
Gaffney HillN 6°308 m5.8 mi
KirchbergNW 322°305 m4.1 mi
South MountainWNW 302°301 m6.8 mi
Haycock MountainSE 146°295 m4.5 mi
KohlbergNW 310°294 m2.4 mi
Musconetcong MountainENE 59°289 m15.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3119:5520:36
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2215:5416:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038505968737164534333
Precip in3.83.24.44.24.54.65.64.85.14.93.64.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springtown 1 NNE, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/953005122

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