Nature reserve · Pennsylvania
Hemlocks Natural Area
Hemlocks Natural Area is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 461 m. Clarks Knob stands 709 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Round Top, a peak 0.4 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
How to reach it
Coordinates40.24469, -77.63810
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Little Round Top: 0.4 mi
- Big Round Top: 1.0 mi
- Fenton Knob: 2.0 mi
- Eckenrode Knob: 2.0 mi
- Rising Mountain: 2.1 mi
Parks: 56
- New Germantown Park: 5.8 mi
- Tuscarora Valley Heritage Days: 6.5 mi
- Kansas Valley Park Area: 8.5 mi
- Blain Lions Club Park: 9.1 mi
- Lurgan Township Recreation Center: 9.5 mi
Historic sites: 32
- statue of creebis: 8.5 mi
- Henrys Tannery: 9.5 mi
- Sundy Place: 9.6 mi
- Memorial Auditorium: 14.2 mi
- Shippensburg University Coordinates: 14.2 mi
Museums: 11
- Rockhill Trolley Museum: 13.7 mi
- East Broad Top Railroad: 13.8 mi
- The Fashion Archives at Shippensburg University: 13.9 mi
- Conrail Museum: 14.5 mi
- Cumberland Valley Railroad Museum: 14.5 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- Pavillon 5: 1.6 mi
- Pavillon 1: 1.7 mi
- Pavillon 3: 1.7 mi
- Pavillon 4: 1.7 mi
- Pavillon 2: 1.7 mi
Springs: 10
- Big Spring: 1.7 mi
- Cool Spring: 13.9 mi
- Sand Springs: 16.1 mi
- Bucher Spring: 19.9 mi
- Alexander Spring: 20.4 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Frank E. Masland, Jr. Natural Area: 6.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 215: 10.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 76: 12.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 88: 16.6 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 21.8 mi
Artworks: 6
- IRON: 12.9 mi
- Mouse Rock Statue: 14.0 mi
- Votive 8: 14.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 17.2 mi
- Founding Father's Memorial Statue: 21.2 mi
Gardens: 4
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 14.2 mi
- Peace Garden: 14.9 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 22.2 mi
- West Locust Community Garden: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Chimney Rocks: 8.4 mi
- Old Cliffs: 23.5 mi
- Hunter Rock: 24.1 mi
Attractions: 1
- Three Crosses of Mapleton: 18.4 mi
Beaches: 1
- Beach access to Kish Creek: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Hemlocks Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Knob | SSW 203° | 709 m | 14.6 mi |
| Butler Knob | W 281° | 708 m | 17.6 mi |
| Eckenrode Knob | SSW 199° | 683 m | 2.0 mi |
| Big Round Top | NNW 339° | 672 m | 1.0 mi |
| Fenton Knob | ESE 102° | 664 m | 2.0 mi |
| Rising Mountain | SSW 214° | 662 m | 2.1 mi |
| Round Top | W 270° | 660 m | 2.4 mi |
| Big Knob | NNE 32° | 659 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:03 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:05 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 33 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shippensburg, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/79805235
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- Chambersburg · 21 mi
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