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Kephart Nature Preserve

Kephart Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Kephart Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 577 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tobyhanna Train Station, a museum 0.3 miles away. Governor Casey Byway passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pocono Heritage Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.17527, -75.41552

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Coolbaugh Township Municipal Park: 0.9 mi
  • E-Park: 3.1 mi
  • Borough Hall Park: 4.7 mi
  • Blanche D. Price Memorial Park: 5.8 mi
  • Ice Lake Park: 6.8 mi
Peaks
  • Keipel Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Dresser Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Turkey Knoll: 4.8 mi
  • Shaffers Knob: 5.3 mi
  • Seven Pines Mountain: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 60
Nature reserves: 54
Waterfalls: 34
  • Bond Hill Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Choke Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Indian Ladder Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Tobyhanna Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Great Falls of the Lehigh: 11.5 mi
Museums: 24
  • Tobyhanna Train Station: 0.3 mi
  • Wills Mansion Museum: 0.5 mi
  • Gouldsboro Train Station: 5.2 mi
  • Cresco Station Museum: 7.1 mi
  • Brodhead Creek Heritage Center: 13.1 mi
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 12
  • Glacier Lake Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Labyrinth Garden: 11.4 mi
  • native plant garden: 15.2 mi
  • Sarah Street Garden: 17.4 mi
  • Freedom Garden: 19.6 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Tall Timber Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Indain Mountain Lake Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Deer Beach: 17.0 mi
Artworks: 12
Springs: 10
  • Bill Warner Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Octave Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Sand Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Pocono Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Penn Springs: 22.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • The Knob: 5.5 mi
  • The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 12.8 mi
  • Ridgefield Point: 14.6 mi
  • Devil's Elbow: 19.1 mi
  • Wolf Rocks: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Robin Cove Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 10.4 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 10.9 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 10.9 mi
  • Pecks Pond Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Crescent Lake Rest Area: 8.2 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 16.1 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 16.2 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 19.1 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Kephart Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine HillWNW 290°690 m12.2 mi
Dresser HillNE 43°673 m4.3 mi
Pimple HillSSW 206°669 m11.2 mi
Lake MountainSW 227°666 m13.4 mi
Big Shiney MountainWNW 297°664 m14.4 mi
Panther HillWNW 300°662 m11.8 mi
Bald MountainWNW 284°658 m17.7 mi
Turkey KnollENE 79°655 m4.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3019:5720:39
September equinox06:5018:2419:01
December solstice07:2415:5216:37

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1207475514

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