Pickering Preserve
Pickering Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 36 m. Long Hill stands 332 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Schuylkill Township Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Exton Bypass passes 6.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 36 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Schuylkill Township
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Exton Bypass
- 10.1 mi off the Blue Route
- 11.6 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 20.8 mi off the Red Clay Valley Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Schuylkill Township Park: 0.7 mi
- Lane Avenue Park: 0.7 mi
- Morris Park: 0.9 mi
- Phoenix Drive: 1.0 mi
- Virginia Avenue Park: 1.0 mi
- Ice Dam Ruins: 1.0 mi
- Revolutionary War Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Griffen Gun Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Phoenixville Post 482 American Legion: 1.2 mi
- Phoenixville Bicentennial Time Capsule: 1.3 mi
- The Schuylkill River Heritage Center: 1.7 mi
- Locktender's House: 2.4 mi
- Wharton Esherick Museum: 2.5 mi
- Valley Forge Station: 3.4 mi
- American Treasure Tour Museum: 3.9 mi
- Charlestown Mill: 1.9 mi
- Pawling Sycamore: 3.5 mi
- redoubt 4: 4.0 mi
- Varnum's Quarters: 4.2 mi
- Redoubt 3: 4.2 mi
- Phoenixville Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- P D Home & Garden: 3.7 mi
- Brightside Farm Park Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- Bishop White Courtyard: 4.6 mi
- Let's Cultivate Food: 8.1 mi
- Diamond Rock Hill: 2.4 mi
- Mount Misery: 3.0 mi
- Mount Joy: 4.0 mi
- Sheep Hill: 10.4 mi
- Castle Rock: 10.5 mi
- Rock Snake: 2.5 mi
- Eternal Flame: 2.6 mi
- Nathanael Greene Monument: 4.5 mi
- Sacrifice and Devotion: 4.6 mi
- Cannon: 4.6 mi
- Diamond Rock Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Cedar Hollow Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Cool Valley Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Valley Creek Preserve: 3.3 mi
- George Lorimer Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Pavilion 1: 4.2 mi
- Betzwood Trailhead: 5.4 mi
- Meadows Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Winding Way Park: 10.7 mi
- Park Pavillion #2: 11.1 mi
- Magnesium Spring: 5.2 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 5.2 mi
- Yellow Spring: 5.3 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 6.9 mi
- Baptism Creek Spring: 13.7 mi
- Monkey Rock: 8.1 mi
- Millers Point: 14.3 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 20.6 mi
- Fricks Locks Historic District: 8.6 mi
- Milford Mills: 11.3 mi
- Darling: 14.7 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 8.2 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Pickering Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Hill | NNW 330° | 332 m | 18.7 mi |
| Fancy Hill | NNW 327° | 331 m | 17.6 mi |
| Sand Hill | NNW 332° | 318 m | 17.4 mi |
| Welsh Mountain | W 271° | 313 m | 21.4 mi |
| Williams Hill | WNW 292° | 306 m | 16.5 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | WNW 301° | 305 m | 14.4 mi |
| Thomas Hill | WNW 287° | 295 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mengle Hill | NNW 328° | 292 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:57 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phoenixville 1 E, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/895659094
Day trips start here
- Phoenixville · 1 mi
- Audubon · 5 mi
- Malvern · 5 mi
- Collegeville · 6 mi
- King of Prussia · 7 mi
- Exton · 8 mi
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