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Laurels Preserve

Laurels Preserve from directly overhead

Laurels Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 125 m. Welsh Mountain stands 313 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Star Gazers' stone, a historic site 3.2 miles away. Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway passes 7.0 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Contains almost 500 acres of hardwood forest including mature red, black, white and chestnut oaks, tulip poplar, beech, white ash, and hickory. Open to members of Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art on foot, every day from dawn to dusk.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Brandywine Conservancy
Access
permit
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.92436, -75.79009

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • East Fallowfield Township Park: 3.3 mi
  • Unionville Community Park: 3.8 mi
  • Swing Park: 4.1 mi
  • Beacon Hill Park: 4.1 mi
  • Ash Park: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
  • Historic Pump Room & Gallery: 7.0 mi
  • Longwood Gardens: 7.3 mi
  • Mercer's Mill Covered Bridge: 10.2 mi
  • Sundial: 13.1 mi
  • Sycamore with Cement Core: 13.1 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Bonsai Courtyard: 6.8 mi
  • Student Exhibition Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Waterlily Display: 6.9 mi
  • Orchid House: 6.9 mi
  • Ornamental Kitchen Garden: 6.9 mi
Peaks: 42
  • Harmony Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Osborne Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Horseshoe Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Gap Hill: 12.0 mi
  • Drummond Hill: 15.2 mi
Artworks: 30
  • Chloe and Lucinda: 6.9 mi
  • Frederick Douglass Statue: 10.4 mi
  • Admiral Francis Dupont Statue: 15.8 mi
  • St. Augustine Statue: 16.4 mi
  • Statue of Mary: 16.5 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
  • Park Pavillion #3: 17.2 mi
  • Park Pavillion #2: 17.3 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 13 Picnic Site: 17.9 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 12 Picnic Site: 17.9 mi
Springs: 8
  • Yellow Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Magnesium Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Black Rock Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Micajah Posey Spring: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Deemer's Beach: 21.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Welsh MountainNNW 331°313 m15.2 mi
Williams HillN 357°306 m19.2 mi
Chestnut HillN 5°305 m20.5 mi
Thomas HillN 359°295 m17.5 mi
BrushN 0°288 m20.7 mi
Silver HillNNW 332°283 m20.1 mi
Mount PleasureN 2°269 m18.8 mi
Turkey HillNW 326°255 m19.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:15
June solstice05:3519:5520:36
September equinox06:5118:2619:02
December solstice07:2215:5916:42

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340516169747265544435
Precip in3.63.14.43.83.64.44.24.34.54.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Avondale 2 N, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1501226824

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