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Mill Creek Falls Nature Preserve

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Mill Creek Falls Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. Huntrick Hill stands 310 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Holtwood Dam Whitewater Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Mason and Dixon Byway passes 6.7 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Lancaster Conservancy

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.81421, -76.34815

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Holtwood Dam Whitewater Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lock 12 Historic Area: 1.0 mi
  • Lock 15 Historic Area: 2.3 mi
  • Pollinator Park: 2.5 mi
  • Cold Cabin Park: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Indian Steps Totem Pole: 3.7 mi
  • Steinman Statue: 15.6 mi
  • Transcending Flesh: 15.8 mi
  • Missles Into Plowshares: 17.2 mi
  • Parallel Bar Carving: 17.3 mi
Museums: 57
  • Old Line Museum: 6.1 mi
  • 1719 Museum: 12.4 mi
  • Blue Rock Heritage Center (Washington Boro Society for Susquehanna River Heritage): 13.0 mi
  • Hosanna School Museum: 13.2 mi
  • Historic Rock Ford Plantation: 14.6 mi
Gardens: 37
Attractions: 33
  • Robert Fulton Birthplace: 10.1 mi
  • Lime Valley covered bridge: 11.8 mi
  • Deer Creek Rapids @ Rocks (Class III): 12.7 mi
  • Sandy Hook Speedway: 13.0 mi
  • Village Green Miniature Golf: 13.8 mi
Peaks: 31
  • Face Rock: 2.2 mi
  • Red Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Kilgores Rocks: 9.5 mi
  • Bald Friar: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • ZP35: 2.0 mi
  • ZP37: 2.1 mi
  • ZP34: 2.2 mi
  • ZP16: 2.3 mi
  • Wildcat Point: 9.5 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Wilson's Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Hills Grove Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
  • Rock Ridge Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Trestle Trail Picnic Site: 16.6 mi
  • Deer Creek Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Black Barren Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Black Rock Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Donegal Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Lititz Spring: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 2
Waterfalls: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Huntrick HillW 268°310 m23.3 mi
Saubel HillW 263°277 m24.4 mi
Chimney RockNW 317°263 m19.8 mi
Buzzards RoostNW 321°258 m20.7 mi
Mount PisgahNW 320°256 m16.5 mi
Gap HillENE 57°252 m21.8 mi
Round TopNW 326°237 m19.2 mi
Stony HillNE 49°233 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3819:5720:38
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2416:0216:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323441536373777568574637
Precip in3.32.74.13.53.94.64.33.64.94.43.43.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Safe Harbor DAM, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1311329205

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