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Susan Groome Harney Preserve

Susan Groome Harney Preserve from directly overhead

Susan Groome Harney Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Welsh Mountain stands 313 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Ingram's Mill Nature Area, a park 0.3 miles away. Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway runs past it. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Stroud Preserve
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.96039, -75.65168

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ingram's Mill Nature Area: 0.3 mi
  • Jane I. Reed Park: 0.7 mi
  • Timber Top Farm: 0.7 mi
  • Copeland School Park: 1.1 mi
  • Hoopes Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Jefferis Ford Historical Marker: 1.7 mi
  • WWII B-25G Mitchell Bomber 42-64760 Crash Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Horace Pippin Historical Marker: 2.2 mi
  • Joseph T. Rothrock Historical Marker: 2.3 mi
  • Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Memorial: 2.3 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • West End Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Italian Water Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Peirce-du Pont House Conservatory: 6.1 mi
  • Green Wall: 6.2 mi
  • Wisteria Garden: 6.2 mi
Artworks
  • Frederick Douglass Statue: 2.9 mi
  • Chloe and Lucinda: 6.4 mi
  • St. Augustine Statue: 8.8 mi
  • Statue of Mary: 8.8 mi
  • Nittany Lion Shrine: 11.0 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 43
  • Harmony Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Osborne Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Hunting Hill: 10.7 mi
  • Ebright Azimuth: 11.1 mi
  • Diamond Rock Hill: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 13 Picnic Site: 10.5 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 12 Picnic Site: 10.6 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 11 Picnic Site: 10.7 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 14 Picnic Site: 10.9 mi
Springs: 7
  • Sulphur Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Magnesium Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Yellow Spring: 9.7 mi
  • West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Baptism Creek Spring: 18.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Deemer's Beach: 21.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Welsh MountainNW 307°313 m18.2 mi
Williams HillNNW 333°306 m18.7 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 343°305 m18.7 mi
Thomas HillNNW 333°295 m16.8 mi
BrushNNW 339°288 m19.6 mi
Silver HillNW 312°283 m22.6 mi
Mount PleasureNNW 338°269 m17.6 mi
Turkey HillNW 307°255 m23.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3519:5520:35
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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9936586372

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