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Hammonds-Keeley Preserve

Hammonds-Keeley Preserve from directly overhead

Hammonds-Keeley Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 473 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the northwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Manny Gordon Recreation Area, a picnic site 2.3 miles away. Governor Casey Byway passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wildlands Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.19963, -75.56806

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Stone Tower: 3.4 mi
  • Big Pine Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Blair Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Panther Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Dry Land Hill: 5.6 mi
Parks
  • Locust Ridge Ball Field: 4.4 mi
  • Keiper Park: 5.5 mi
  • Pocono Lake Preserve: 7.0 mi
  • Daleville: 7.8 mi
  • Daleville: 7.8 mi
Historic sites: 60
Nature reserves: 55
Museums: 25
  • Gouldsboro Train Station: 6.8 mi
  • Tobyhanna Train Station: 7.9 mi
  • Wills Mansion Museum: 8.6 mi
  • MARINE CORPS LEAGUE: 13.9 mi
  • Everhart Museum: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Choke Creek Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Great Falls of the Lehigh: 5.8 mi
  • Tobyhanna Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Rattlesnake Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 15
Artworks: 12
Gardens: 10
Beaches: 7
  • Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Tall Timber Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Indain Mountain Lake Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Deer Beach: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 11.0 mi
  • Devil's Elbow: 12.6 mi
  • The Knob: 13.1 mi
  • Campbell's Ledge: 16.1 mi
  • Ridgefield Point: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Crescent Lake Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 16.6 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 21.0 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 21.2 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Northbound: 21.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Sand Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Octave Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Bill Warner Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Pocono Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Penn Springs: 19.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 15.3 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 15.3 mi
  • Robin Cove Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Hammonds-Keeley Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine HillNW 305°690 m4.3 mi
Pinnacle RockNNW 329°685 m18.5 mi
Pinnacle RockNNW 329°681 m18.6 mi
Dresser HillE 82°673 m10.9 mi
Pimple HillSSE 165°669 m12.2 mi
Lake MountainS 190°666 m10.9 mi
Big Shiney MountainNW 315°664 m6.9 mi
Panther HillNNW 331°662 m4.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3819:15
June solstice05:3019:5820:39
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2515:5316:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455664686760493829
Precip in3.12.63.74.14.24.84.54.65.24.73.63.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Francis E Walter DAM, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1207772671

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