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Hemlock Sanctuary

Hemlock Sanctuary from directly overhead

Hemlock Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 603 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Glacier Lake Garden, a garden 0.6 miles away. Governor Casey Byway passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Coolbaugh Township
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.16064, -75.37938

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Coolbaugh Township Municipal Park: 2.7 mi
  • E-Park: 2.8 mi
  • Borough Hall Park: 2.8 mi
  • Seven Pines Park: 4.7 mi
  • Ice Lake Park: 4.8 mi
Peaks
  • Seven Pines Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Turkey Knoll: 3.5 mi
  • Dresser Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Shaffers Knob: 4.4 mi
  • Cresco Heights: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves: 57
Historic sites: 56
Waterfalls: 39
  • Bond Hill Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Indian Ladder Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Tobyhanna Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Choke Creek Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Great Falls of the Lehigh: 13.1 mi
Museums: 23
  • Wills Mansion Museum: 1.6 mi
  • Tobyhanna Train Station: 2.4 mi
  • Cresco Station Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Gouldsboro Train Station: 7.0 mi
  • Brodhead Creek Heritage Center: 11.0 mi
Attractions: 19
Gardens: 13
  • Glacier Lake Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Labyrinth Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Sarah Street Garden: 15.4 mi
  • native plant garden: 15.5 mi
  • Freedom Garden: 21.5 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Tall Timber Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Indain Mountain Lake Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Deer Beach: 17.2 mi
Artworks: 12
Springs: 11
  • Bill Warner Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Octave Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Sand Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Pocono Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Leroy A. Smith Spring #1: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • The Knob: 3.5 mi
  • Ridgefield Point: 13.9 mi
  • The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 14.4 mi
  • Wolf Rocks: 18.2 mi
  • Indian Head: 19.0 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Robin Cove Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 11.1 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 11.1 mi
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 12.5 mi
  • Pecks Pond Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Crescent Lake Rest Area: 6.7 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 15.8 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 16.0 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 17.0 mi
  • Rest area: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine HillWNW 291°690 m14.3 mi
Dresser HillNNE 14°673 m4.3 mi
Pimple HillSW 216°669 m11.3 mi
Lake MountainSW 236°666 m14.3 mi
Big Shiney MountainWNW 298°664 m16.5 mi
Panther HillWNW 299°662 m13.9 mi
Turkey KnollNE 56°655 m3.5 mi
Camelback MountainS 170°647 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3719:14
June solstice05:3019:5720:38
September equinox06:5018:2419:01
December solstice07:2415:5216:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533445563686659483828
Precip in3.02.53.84.24.14.74.74.65.65.14.13.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Pocono Pocono Mountains MUN, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/686173205

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