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Thomas Darling Preserve

Thomas Darling Preserve from directly overhead

Thomas Darling Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 507 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the north-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Keiper Park, a park 2.0 miles away. Governor Casey Byway passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wildlands Conservancy & The Nature Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.11644, -75.58553
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Keiper Park: 2.0 mi
  • Locust Ridge Ball Field: 2.2 mi
  • Pocono Lake Preserve: 3.2 mi
  • Blanche D. Price Memorial Park: 6.2 mi
  • Horseshoes and Baseball fields: 8.3 mi
Peaks
  • Dry Land Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Lake Mountain: 5.1 mi
  • Bear Rock: 6.2 mi
  • Stone Tower: 6.6 mi
  • Pimple Hill: 7.3 mi
Historic sites: 60
Nature reserves: 55
Museums: 28
  • Tobyhanna Train Station: 9.7 mi
  • Wills Mansion Museum: 10.0 mi
  • Gouldsboro Train Station: 11.3 mi
  • Cresco Station Museum: 16.0 mi
  • Eckley Miner's Village Museum: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Tobyhanna Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Great Falls of the Lehigh: 2.4 mi
  • Choke Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Hawk Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 16
Artworks: 15
Gardens: 12
Springs: 10
  • Sand Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Bill Warner Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Pocono Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Octave Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Penn Springs: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Devil's Elbow: 9.5 mi
  • The Knob: 12.8 mi
  • The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 16.7 mi
  • Gorgeous Rocks: 18.5 mi
  • Bear Mountain Overlook: 18.5 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Tall Timber Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Indain Mountain Lake Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 6.4 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 19.6 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 19.6 mi
  • Robin Cove Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
  • Camp Apple Tree: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Crescent Lake Rest Area: 12.3 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 13.0 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Northbound: 19.5 mi
  • Blue Ridge Travel Plaza: 20.1 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Thomas Darling Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine HillNNW 342°690 m8.7 mi
Dresser HillENE 58°673 m13.8 mi
Pimple HillSSE 146°669 m7.3 mi
Lake MountainSSW 192°666 m5.1 mi
Big Shiney MountainNNW 340°664 m11.4 mi
Panther HillN 352°662 m10.0 mi
Bald MountainNW 315°658 m11.8 mi
Turkey KnollENE 70°655 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3819:15
June solstice05:3119:5720:39
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2515:5316:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455664686760493829
Precip in3.12.63.74.14.24.84.54.65.24.73.63.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Francis E Walter DAM, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/943129298

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