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Irwin Run Conservation Area

Irwin Run Conservation Area from directly overhead

Irwin Run Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 345 m. Portersville Hill stands 445 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Table, a picnic site 0.8 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Allegheny Land Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.62479, -80.00591

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Marshall Island: 1.1 mi
  • Devlin Park: 2.5 mi
  • Mountain Bike Skills Area: 2.7 mi
  • Rabold Park: 3.1 mi
  • Pine Township Community Park: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
  • (Kummer Shelter): 1.2 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • USS Mars Ship's Bell: 4.9 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 7.1 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens: 59
Museums: 58
Peaks: 57
  • North Field: 1.4 mi
  • Rich Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Herron Hill: 12.0 mi
  • Mt. Sycamore: 12.1 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Giant Chair: 9.4 mi
  • Fern Hollow Nature Center: 9.4 mi
  • Lookout Point: 9.5 mi
  • The Edgeworth Club: 11.0 mi
  • USS Requin: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Picnic Table: 0.8 mi
  • picnic tables: 2.0 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic tables for Building 800: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Tables for Building 500: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Beaches: 4
  • Thornburg Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 14.2 mi
  • BAB: 15.8 mi
  • Lakeview Beach: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • Lacock Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Francis Spring: 23.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Irwin Run Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Portersville HillNNW 342°445 m22.1 mi
Big KnobWNW 303°423 m12.2 mi
Herron HillSSE 168°384 m12.0 mi
Fridays HillNW 324°380 m23.4 mi
Bunker HillW 271°375 m16.1 mi
Steffens HillWNW 298°370 m20.0 mi
Rich HillESE 109°365 m9.2 mi
Mt. SycamoreSE 139°229.2 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5020:1420:55
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:4116:1316:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240526270757366554435
Precip in3.42.83.23.23.53.53.63.23.22.82.83.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emsworth L/D Ohio RVR, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/804470167

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