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Trexler Nature Preserve

Trexler Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Trexler Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Pocono Mountain stands 517 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Delaware River Valley passes 25 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates40.65207, -75.62484
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • United States Armed Forces Plaza: 1.3 mi
  • Independence Park: 1.5 mi
  • Orefield Athletic Association: 2.1 mi
  • Kolapechka Park: 2.9 mi
  • Levans Park (Holben Park): 2.9 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves: 51
Museums: 50
  • Old Spokes Car Museum: 7.2 mi
  • Museum of Indian Culture: 8.6 mi
  • Da Vinci Science Center: 8.6 mi
  • Da Vinci Science Center at PPL Pavilion: 8.6 mi
  • Mack Trucks Historical Museum: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 31
Artworks: 20
Springs: 17
Picnic sites: 14
  • Parkside Pavillion: 6.9 mi
  • Food Fest Grove: 6.9 mi
  • Carousel Grove: 7.0 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 12.8 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Wild Creek Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 17.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Onoko Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Terrace Falls: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 5
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 6.9 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 13.2 mi
  • Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 15.8 mi
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 16.6 mi
  • Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area: 12.7 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 16.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Trexler Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pocono MountainNNW 346°517 m17.5 mi
Bear MountainNNW 346°506 m15.8 mi
The PinnacleW 260°498 m15.3 mi
Dans PulpitW 272°497 m16.8 mi
Pisgah MountainNW 311°492 m17.5 mi
Bake Oven KnobNW 319°483 m8.8 mi
Bears RocksNW 309°475 m9.1 mi
Pulpit RockWSW 257°467 m16.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3219:5620:38
September equinox06:5118:2519:01
December solstice07:2415:5516:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506069747265534334
Precip in3.42.83.94.13.84.55.44.44.84.33.63.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rodale Rsch CTR, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common milkweed45 obs
  • viper's-bugloss33 obs
  • White-tailed Deer32 obs
  • Monarch32 obs
  • Wingstem31 obs
  • Carolina horsenettle27 obs
  • American Toad27 obs
  • honey locust24 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1231447544

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