Nature reserve · Pennsylvania
Long Pond Preserve - Heimbach Tract
Long Pond Preserve - Heimbach Tract is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 568 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is State Game Lands Number 318, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. Delaware River Valley passes 22 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- The Nature Conservancy
How to reach it
Coordinates41.06541, -75.48193
- 22.2 mi off the Delaware River Valley
- 25.2 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Foul Rift Observation Deck · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Blanche D. Price Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
- Pocono Lake Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Indian Mountain Lake Park: 4.5 mi
- Keiper Park: 5.2 mi
- Horseshoes and Baseball fields: 6.1 mi
Peaks
- Pimple Hill: 2.9 mi
- High Knob: 3.2 mi
- Pohopoco Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Pohopco Mountains: 5.0 mi
- Beehive: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves: 57
- State Game Lands Number 318: 2.0 mi
- Long Pond Barrens: 2.0 mi
- Thomas Darling Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Jonas Mountain Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Yankee Run Nature Preserve: 8.1 mi
Historic sites: 50
- Grave of Etna Bittenbender: 13.3 mi
- DL&W Interlocking Tower: 15.3 mi
- Meniolagomeka Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Coal Pocket: 16.1 mi
- Historic Churliegh Inn: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 35
- Tobyhanna Falls: 5.8 mi
- Great Falls of the Lehigh: 8.8 mi
- Hawk Falls: 8.9 mi
- Choke Creek Falls: 10.2 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 12.6 mi
Museums: 23
- Wills Mansion Museum: 8.3 mi
- Tobyhanna Train Station: 8.6 mi
- Heritage Center of Western Pocono Community Library: 10.8 mi
- Cresco Station Museum: 12.1 mi
- Gouldsboro Train Station: 12.5 mi
Attractions: 19
- Appalachian Express Mountain Coaster: 7.0 mi
- Split Rock: 7.3 mi
- Pocono Whitewater: 12.2 mi
- Hotel of Horror: 14.8 mi
- Whitewater Challengers: 16.8 mi
Beaches: 11
- Indain Mountain Lake Beach: 4.5 mi
- Tall Timber Beach: 4.5 mi
- Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 10.6 mi
- Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 11.3 mi
- Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 19.1 mi
Springs: 10
- Bill Warner Spring: 6.9 mi
- Octave Spring: 8.7 mi
- Sand Spring: 10.9 mi
- Pocono Spring: 13.5 mi
- Penn Springs: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
- The Knob: 8.3 mi
- Devil's Elbow: 14.9 mi
- Wolf Rocks: 16.7 mi
- Bear Mountain Overlook: 18.3 mi
- Gorgeous Rocks: 19.3 mi
Gardens: 8
- Glacier Lake Garden: 8.9 mi
- Sarah Street Garden: 16.0 mi
- Palmerton Concourse Club Rose Garden: 19.3 mi
- Labyrinth Garden: 19.6 mi
- Knowlton Township Butterfly Garden: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 7
- Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 11.9 mi
- Robin Cove Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Willow picnic grove: 19.2 mi
- Horeshoe picnic grove: 19.3 mi
- Hialeah Recreation Site: 20.9 mi
Artworks: 7
- Palmerton "Patches": 19.3 mi
- Sons of Liberty: 19.3 mi
- Benjamin Franklin Statue: 19.9 mi
- Fireman's Drinking Fountain: 22.7 mi
- Toni the Tomato Mule: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Crescent Lake Rest Area: 6.3 mi
- Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 17.7 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 18.4 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 24.2 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Long Pond Preserve - Heimbach Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pine Hill | NW 326° | 690 m | 14.2 mi |
| Dresser Hill | NNE 31° | 673 m | 12.5 mi |
| Pimple Hill | SSW 209° | 669 m | 2.9 mi |
| Lake Mountain | WSW 257° | 666 m | 6.6 mi |
| Big Shiney Mountain | NNW 327° | 664 m | 17.0 mi |
| Panther Hill | NNW 333° | 662 m | 15.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 311° | 658 m | 18.2 mi |
| Turkey Knoll | NE 44° | 655 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:53 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Pocono Pocono Mountains MUN, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
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- Nazareth · 24 mi
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