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Montour Preserve

Montour Preserve from directly overhead

Montour Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Huckleberry Mountain stands 762 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Turbotville Auto Museum, a museum 5.7 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Montour Area Recreation Commission
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.10495, -76.66037
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Turbotville Community Grounds: 5.9 mi
  • McEwensville Community Park: 8.5 mi
  • Hess Fields: 8.9 mi
  • Hess Recreation Area: 9.2 mi
  • Geisinger Stewardship Forest: 9.3 mi
Peaks
  • Tommy Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Buck Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Warn Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Bald Top: 8.9 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 9.2 mi
Attractions: 52
  • Bloomsburg Fair: 12.5 mi
  • Bloomsburg Fountain: 12.7 mi
  • Bloomsburg University Fountain: 13.0 mi
  • Bald Eagle Habitat: 17.5 mi
  • Old Smokey: 17.5 mi
Waterfalls: 29
Artworks: 27
Historic sites: 25
Museums: 20
Nature reserves: 10
Gardens: 5
  • Hughes Memorial Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Butterfly Gardens: 16.8 mi
  • STREAM Garden: 20.0 mi
  • Baldwin House Garden: 23.6 mi
  • Tripollinator Garden: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Montour County Rest Area Westbound: 8.6 mi
  • Montour County Rest Area Eastbound: 8.9 mi
  • Columbia County Rest Area Eastbound: 22.3 mi
  • Columbia County Rest Area Westbound: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Memorial Class Of 1916: 12.8 mi
  • Dry Run Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
  • C. Q. McWilliams Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
  • Glens Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Gibson Hollow Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Smokey Bear Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Mineral Spring: 24.2 mi
  • Chambers Spring: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Montour Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Huckleberry MountainNNE 34°762 m15.3 mi
RoundtopNNE 27°758 m18.2 mi
Red Rock MountainNE 51°721 m22.5 mi
Central MountainNE 50°685 m21.2 mi
Chimneystack RockNE 51°684 m21.5 mi
Prospect HillN 10°653 m21.7 mi
Stimets KnobNNW 337°636 m17.4 mi
Buffalo MountainWSW 253°634 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3520:0220:43
September equinox06:5518:2919:06
December solstice07:2915:5816:42

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938496069737164524132
Precip in3.12.43.53.73.93.74.54.34.43.83.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lewisburg, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1356981284

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