Spalding Conservancy
Spalding Conservancy is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Eagle Peak stands 396 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Trestle Trail Picnic Site, a picnic site 0.4 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Franklin & Marshall College
How to reach it
- 15.8 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 28.1 mi off the Lower Susquehanna Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kilgore Falls · 25 mi
- King & Queen Seat · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Amphitheatre: 0.5 mi
- Long's Park: 0.6 mi
- Farmingdale Park: 0.7 mi
- Hartman Green: 0.9 mi
- Noel S. Dorwart Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- President James Buchanan's Wheatland: 0.8 mi
- Lancaster Historical Society and James Buchanan's Wheatland: 0.8 mi
- Lancaster Historical Society: 0.9 mi
- Phillips Museum of Art: 0.9 mi
- North Museum of Nature and Science: 1.1 mi
- Carousel: 1.3 mi
- Bounce Kraze: 1.5 mi
- Trancending Flesh: 1.7 mi
- Lancaster Convention Center: 2.0 mi
- Turnpike: 6.3 mi
- Landis Woods Park: 3.3 mi
- Holly Pointe Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Windolph Landing Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Boyer Nature Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Millport Conservancy: 7.0 mi
- Transcending Flesh: 1.7 mi
- Steinman Statue: 1.9 mi
- Kids With Balloons: 4.7 mi
- Reading At Pondside: 4.7 mi
- William Penn: 4.8 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 4.9 mi
- Turkey Hill: 9.4 mi
- Bunker Hill: 9.9 mi
- Red Hill: 10.4 mi
- Round Top: 11.4 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 1.9 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 1.9 mi
- Thaddeus Stevens Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Wall of Rememberance: 7.3 mi
- Pequea Magnetic Iron Mining Company: 8.5 mi
- Millersville Alumni Bell Court Garden: 4.1 mi
- Grow-Up Garden: 6.3 mi
- Fern Island: 7.3 mi
- Safe Harbor Arboretum: 8.7 mi
- George E. Stein Arboretum: 12.0 mi
- Trestle Trail Picnic Site: 0.4 mi
- Boy Scout Pavilion: 7.2 mi
- Bortz Pavilion: 7.2 mi
- Penryn Church Grove: 10.8 mi
- Leaman Place Junction: 12.3 mi
- Indian Rock: 3.5 mi
- Trailside Wall: 9.5 mi
- Spectator Wall: 9.5 mi
- Chickies Rock: 10.1 mi
- Old Quarry Pit: 11.8 mi
- Lititz Spring: 7.2 mi
- Donegal Spring: 12.6 mi
- Schaefferstown Spring: 16.8 mi
- Black Rock Spring: 17.6 mi
- Penryth Spring: 20.8 mi
- Willow Hill Covered Bridge: 7.3 mi
- Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Spalding Conservancy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | NNE 22° | 396 m | 21.1 mi |
| Governor Dick Hill | NNW 334° | 350 m | 14.7 mi |
| Spring Hill | NNW 342° | 331 m | 13.9 mi |
| Cushion Peak | NE 39° | 320 m | 22.0 mi |
| Welsh Mountain | ENE 78° | 313 m | 22.0 mi |
| Eagle Rock | N 4° | 306 m | 13.0 mi |
| Silver Hill | ENE 66° | 283 m | 21.2 mi |
| Round Top | WNW 302° | 281 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:58 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:01 | 16:44 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster 2 NE Filt PLT, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1266613569
Day trips start here
- Lancaster · 2 mi
- Lancaster County · 5 mi
- Strasburg · 10 mi
- Wrightsville · 11 mi
- Intercourse · 12 mi
- York · 22 mi
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