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Kenealy Nature Park

Kenealy Nature Park from directly overhead

Kenealy Nature Park is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Rock Hill stands 256 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Richie Ashburn Field, a park 0.2 miles away. Blue Route passes 2.4 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Lower Merion Township

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.05679, -75.27671

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Richie Ashburn Field: 0.2 mi
  • Rolling Hill Park: 1.3 mi
  • Flat Rock Park: 1.5 mi
  • Ottinger Tract: 1.5 mi
  • Gladwyne Park: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • The Great Beech: 2.8 mi
  • English Park: 3.4 mi
  • Out on a Limb Tree Canopy Walk: 3.6 mi
  • Holiday Garden Railway: 3.6 mi
  • Orange Balustrade: 3.7 mi
Picnic sites: 37
  • Picnic Area #3: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Area #5: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Area #4: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Area #6: 4.7 mi
Peaks: 33
  • Lafayette Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Chestnut Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Militia Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Sandy Hill: 5.2 mi
Springs: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 1
  • Monkey Rock: 5.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Washington Lake Beach: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kenealy Nature Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock HillN 358°256 m24.4 mi
Diamond Rock HillW 277°188 m12.4 mi
Mount MiseryWNW 282°176 m10.7 mi
Plumstead HillNNE 23°174 m23.8 mi
Buckingham MountainNE 35°158 m21.8 mi
Spring MountainNNW 327°151 m17.3 mi
Sheep HillWNW 298°151 m23.3 mi
Harmony HillWSW 257°146 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5616:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536373787669574637
Precip in3.73.04.43.94.24.24.75.04.94.33.64.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norristown, 5 mi away.

  • Green Frog280 obs
  • mayapple179 obs
  • Virginia bluebells167 obs
  • Incised Fumewort145 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly139 obs
  • garlic mustard136 obs
  • American tuliptree114 obs
  • American Toad112 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/607186936

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