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Schuykill Center for Environmental Education

Schuykill Center for Environmental Education from directly overhead

Schuykill Center for Environmental Education is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 95 m. Rock Hill stands 256 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Welcome Home, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Blue Route passes 3.6 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.05764, -75.25092

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Attractions
  • The Great Beech: 1.8 mi
  • English Park: 2.4 mi
  • Out on a Limb Tree Canopy Walk: 2.6 mi
  • Holiday Garden Railway: 2.6 mi
  • Springhouse: 2.6 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Area #3: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area #5: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Area #4: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Area #6: 3.5 mi
Peaks: 35
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Lafayette Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Chestnut Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Militia Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Sandy Hill: 5.2 mi
Springs: 6
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
  • Monkey Rock: 6.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Washington Lake Beach: 23.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Schuykill Center for Environmental Education. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock HillN 355°256 m24.4 mi
Diamond Rock HillW 276°188 m13.7 mi
Mount MiseryW 280°176 m12.0 mi
Plumstead HillNNE 20°174 m23.3 mi
Buckingham MountainNNE 32°158 m21.0 mi
Spring MountainNW 324°151 m18.0 mi
Sheep HillWNW 296°151 m24.5 mi
Harmony HillWSW 257°146 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5616:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536373787669574637
Precip in3.73.04.43.94.24.24.75.04.94.33.64.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norristown, 6 mi away.

  • Green Frog321 obs
  • Mallard286 obs
  • Japanese angelica tree258 obs
  • mayapple256 obs
  • American Toad239 obs
  • Wood Duck226 obs
  • American tuliptree218 obs
  • garlic mustard217 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/484364316

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