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St. Jones Reserve

St. Jones Reserve from directly overhead

St. Jones Reserve is a nature reserve in Delaware, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Pine Mount stands 28 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Scotton Landing, a park 1.1 miles away. Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway passes 16 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.08468, -75.43906

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Scotton Landing: 1.1 mi
  • North Bowers Beach Community Park: 2.5 mi
  • Liberty Park: 3.2 mi
  • Hunn Nature Park: 3.9 mi
  • Tibury Park: 4.3 mi
Attractions: 47
  • John Dickinson House: 1.3 mi
  • C-5A Galaxy: 2.4 mi
  • U-3A "Blue Canoe": 2.4 mi
  • C-60 Lodestar: 2.4 mi
  • UH-1H Iroquois: 2.4 mi
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 16
  • Kent County Veterans Monument: 6.2 mi
  • Bayonets of the Revolution: 6.6 mi
  • Fireman's Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Liberty Bell Replica: 6.7 mi
  • World War II Headquarters Building: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Senior Center Meditation Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Delaware Highway Memorial Garden: 19.1 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Pine Mount: 23.7 mi
  • Ceremony Hill: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area: 19.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountNNE 13°28 m23.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3719:5220:32
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:1816:0116:43

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363845566473787670594940
Precip in3.43.14.23.73.94.64.14.94.24.13.44.0

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/882602914

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