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Lower Tract

Lower Tract from directly overhead

Lower Tract is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 93 m. Pocono Mountain stands 517 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Nagle Tract, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Delaware River Valley passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Allen Township
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.71856, -75.52381

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Laurys Firehouse Park: 0.5 mi
  • Kreidersville Park: 1.6 mi
  • Covered Bridge Park: 1.6 mi
  • Twenty-Sixth Street Playground: 1.8 mi
  • Indian Trail Park: 2.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Colonel John Siegfried Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Lehigh County Massacre Gravesite: 2.6 mi
  • Lockport, canal town: 2.9 mi
  • Lockport, canal town: 2.9 mi
  • Lockport, canal town: 3.0 mi
Attractions
  • Dragon Cement Co. Inc. No 1: 4.3 mi
  • Halls of Horror: 7.3 mi
  • Thunder Creek Mountain: 9.5 mi
  • Thunder Creek Mountain: 9.5 mi
  • Hydra: The Revenge: 9.5 mi
Nature reserves: 59
Museums: 47
Gardens: 27
Artworks: 19
Springs: 14
  • Helfrichs Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Stempa Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Lehigh Park Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Poorhouse Spring: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Picinic Table (C): 9.1 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 9.1 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 9.1 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 9.1 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 10.4 mi
  • Wild Creek Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Onoko Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Terrace Falls: 17.2 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 4.6 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 12.3 mi
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 12.7 mi
  • Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 15.0 mi
  • Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area: 9.2 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 17.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Lower Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pocono MountainNW 322°517 m15.6 mi
Bear MountainNW 319°506 m14.1 mi
Kettle HillNNW 337°506 m16.9 mi
Bake Oven KnobW 281°483 m11.2 mi
Bears RocksW 275°475 m12.4 mi
Call MountainNNW 348°471 m14.6 mi
Mahoning MountainWNW 282°348 m15.9 mi
Donats PeakWSW 253°331 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3219:5620:37
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2315:5516:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303241526271767466554435
Precip in3.32.83.63.73.64.45.34.64.84.13.23.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allentown Lehigh VLY Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11897866956

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