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Shaw Family Nature Preserve

Shaw Family Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Shaw Family Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Stony Mountain stands 491 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Engine House and Lincoln Museum, a museum 0.9 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Lancaster Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.16584, -76.63058
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Engine House and Lincoln Museum: 0.9 mi
  • House of Oddities: 1.6 mi
  • Winters Heritage House Museum: 1.7 mi
  • Haldeman Mansion: 6.2 mi
  • Mount Joy Historical Society: 7.5 mi
Parks
  • Hickory Lane Park: 1.9 mi
  • Millstone Plaza: 1.9 mi
  • The Academic Quad: 2.3 mi
  • Susquehanna Street Park: 2.3 mi
  • Old Trolley Line Park: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Indian Echo Caverns: 7.6 mi
  • sooperdooperLooper: 8.4 mi
  • The Old Hershey Chocolate Factory: 8.4 mi
  • Skyrush: 8.4 mi
  • Traffic Jam: 8.4 mi
Artworks: 51
  • Benjamin Franklin Carpenter: 2.0 mi
  • The Promise: 7.2 mi
  • Ship Mountjoy Sculpture: 8.0 mi
  • Milton S. Hershey: 8.5 mi
  • The Boy with the Leaking Boot: 9.2 mi
Nature reserves: 49
Peaks: 37
  • Round Top: 4.2 mi
  • Schulls Rock: 7.5 mi
  • Buzzards Roost: 8.5 mi
  • Round Top: 9.4 mi
  • Conewago Hill: 9.5 mi
Gardens: 30
  • Palmyra Community Library: 9.1 mi
  • Historic Hershey Rose Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Bill Bowman Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Northside Garden: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 8.5 mi
  • Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
  • Quitte Creek Nature Park: 13.0 mi
  • Penryn Church Grove: 14.1 mi
  • Boy Scout Pavilion: 16.8 mi
Springs: 9
  • Donegal Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Spring Creek Springs: 8.2 mi
  • Penryth Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Spring Lake Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Eichelberger Spring: 15.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 2
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Concrete Beach: 15.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Acrigg's Falls: 24.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony MountainN 352°491 m21.2 mi
Third MountainNNW 332°488 m20.0 mi
Round TopN 350°422 m23.7 mi
Nells HillWSW 256°403 m17.7 mi
Round TopWSW 255°401 m16.2 mi
Governor Dick HillENE 59°350 m10.8 mi
Pinetown HillWSW 257°338 m15.5 mi
Little MountainNNE 26°337 m23.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3819:5920:40
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2616:0116:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313342536373777568564536
Precip in3.02.63.73.63.84.04.73.84.83.83.03.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1373878681

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