Graystones Preserve
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Graystones Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 413 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Summer Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Governor Casey Byway passes 29 miles off.
How to reach it
- 29.4 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Summer Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Pine Hill: 2.0 mi
- Millstone Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Bear Rock: 3.6 mi
- Lehigh Gorge State Park: 4.3 mi
- Horseshoes and Baseball fields: 7.1 mi
- Jim Thorpe Memorial Park: 8.7 mi
- Twining Park: 9.4 mi
- Sam Miller Field: 9.5 mi
- Hickory Run State Park: 2.0 mi
- Lehigh Gorge State Park: 3.1 mi
- State Game Lands Number 40: 4.7 mi
- Weiser State Forest Penn Forest Tract: 4.8 mi
- Goeringer Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Jim Thorpe Monument: 8.2 mi
- Civil War Monument: 9.7 mi
- Lattimer Massacre Monument: 14.3 mi
- Community Enhancement 2006 Greening Award: 14.3 mi
- National Shrine of the Sacred Heart: 14.4 mi
- Hawk Falls: 3.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 3.7 mi
- Lukes Falls: 3.8 mi
- Tobyhanna Falls: 7.9 mi
- Cave Falls: 8.7 mi
- Eckley Miner's Village Museum: 8.5 mi
- Asa Packer Mansion: 9.7 mi
- Mauch Chunk Museum and Cultural Center: 9.8 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 9.8 mi
- Lehigh Gap Historical Society: 14.2 mi
- Penn Springs: 4.1 mi
- Pocono Spring: 12.7 mi
- Sand Spring: 13.7 mi
- Bill Warner Spring: 15.7 mi
- Octave Spring: 16.9 mi
- Pocono Whitewater: 4.3 mi
- Whitewater Challengers: 4.9 mi
- Split Rock: 5.6 mi
- 100 Mile View: 10.5 mi
- Whitewater Rafting Adventures: 10.5 mi
- Benjamin Franklin Statue: 11.8 mi
- Palmerton "Patches": 14.4 mi
- Sons of Liberty: 14.4 mi
- Philip Ginder Carved Rock: 15.5 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 17.6 mi
- Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 8.8 mi
- Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 9.6 mi
- Indain Mountain Lake Beach: 9.8 mi
- Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 11.5 mi
- Tall Timber Beach: 14.7 mi
- Devil's Elbow: 7.4 mi
- Gorgeous Rocks: 8.8 mi
- Bear Mountain Overlook: 9.3 mi
- The Knob: 20.2 mi
- Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 7.7 mi
- Blue Ridge Travel Plaza: 15.3 mi
- Luzerne County Rest Area Northbound: 15.5 mi
- Crescent Lake Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Palmerton Concourse Club Rose Garden: 14.4 mi
- Butler Township Community Garden: 16.0 mi
- Glacier Lake Garden: 20.1 mi
- Stonehedge Gardens: 21.0 mi
- Camp Apple Tree: 11.6 mi
- Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 14.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Graystones Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pine Hill | N 11° | 690 m | 16.5 mi |
| Pimple Hill | ENE 79° | 669 m | 9.9 mi |
| Lake Mountain | ENE 57° | 666 m | 5.5 mi |
| Big Shiney Mountain | N 5° | 664 m | 18.7 mi |
| Panther Hill | NNE 13° | 662 m | 18.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 351° | 658 m | 16.6 mi |
| Camelback Mountain | E 81° | 647 m | 18.1 mi |
| Blair Hill | NNE 22° | 645 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:58 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:54 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Francis E Walter DAM, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/908802690
Day trips start here
- Wilkes-Barre · 20 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 23 mi
- Whitehall Township · 25 mi
- Bangor · 27 mi
- Nazareth · 27 mi
- Sterling · 27 mi
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