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Skelp Level Park

Skelp Level Park from directly overhead

Skelp Level Park is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 155 m. Long Hill stands 332 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Marinelli Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Exton Bypass passes 1.5 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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East Bradford Township
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Coordinates39.99819, -75.68062

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Marinelli Park: 0.9 mi
  • Paradise Valley Nature Area: 1.0 mi
  • Johnsontown Park: 1.4 mi
  • Kerr Park: 1.5 mi
  • Sunnybrook Park: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Downingtown Area Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Roger Hunt Mill Ruins: 1.8 mi
  • The Grist Mill: 3.1 mi
  • Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • WWII B-25G Mitchell Bomber 42-64760 Crash Memorial: 3.5 mi
Gardens
Museums
Attractions: 58
Artworks: 55
  • Frederick Douglass Statue: 5.4 mi
  • Chloe and Lucinda: 8.8 mi
  • Statue of Mary: 9.2 mi
  • St. Augustine Statue: 9.2 mi
  • Rock Snake: 11.3 mi
Peaks: 52
  • Harmony Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Osborne Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Diamond Rock Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Hunting Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Mount Misery: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • Park Pavillion #3: 11.9 mi
  • Park Pavillion #2: 12.0 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 13 Picnic Site: 12.6 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 12 Picnic Site: 12.6 mi
Springs: 9
  • Sulphur Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Yellow Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Magnesium Spring: 7.7 mi
  • West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Baptism Creek Spring: 15.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Deemer's Beach: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Skelp Level Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long HillN 358°332 m24.1 mi
Fancy HillN 357°331 m22.7 mi
Sand HillN 360°318 m23.1 mi
Welsh MountainWNW 302°313 m15.5 mi
Williams HillNNW 334°306 m15.7 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 345°305 m15.8 mi
Thomas HillNNW 334°295 m13.8 mi
Mengle HillN 356°292 m23.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3519:5520:36
September equinox06:5118:2619:02
December solstice07:2215:5816:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516170757366544335
Precip in3.63.14.63.83.84.04.44.85.74.83.54.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Chester 2 NW, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1436207335

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