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Venango Trail

Venango Trail from directly overhead

Venango Trail is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 342 m. Portersville Hill stands 445 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Warrendale Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Allegheny Land Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.66225, -80.08307
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Warrendale Park: 0.6 mi
  • Knob Hill Park: 1.7 mi
  • Bradford Woods Reserve: 1.8 mi
  • Rabold Park: 1.9 mi
  • Pine Township Community Park: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Cranberry 9/11 Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • North Boundary Park Veterans Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • (Kummer Shelter): 4.4 mi
  • USS Mars Ship's Bell: 4.5 mi
  • Conway Borough War Memorial: 8.1 mi
Artworks: 60
Nature reserves
Gardens: 58
  • Grogan Lawn Care LLC: 6.0 mi
  • 80th Division Monument - Demonstration Garden: 6.5 mi
  • North Park Arboretum: 6.7 mi
  • Saint Francis Peace Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Fern Hollow Community Garden: 9.0 mi
Museums: 56
Peaks: 27
  • North Field: 3.7 mi
  • Big Knob: 7.4 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 12.8 mi
  • Rich Hill: 13.9 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Giant Chair: 8.8 mi
  • Fern Hollow Nature Center: 8.9 mi
  • The Edgeworth Club: 9.7 mi
  • Harmony Weaver's Cabin: 10.0 mi
  • Lookout Point: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Picnic tables for Building 800: 1.0 mi
  • Picnic Tables for Building 500: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Table: 4.5 mi
  • picnic tables: 5.9 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 13
Beaches: 4
  • BAB: 11.3 mi
  • Thornburg Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Lakeview Beach: 20.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 1
  • Lacock Spring: 10.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Portersville HillN 351°445 m18.6 mi
Big KnobWNW 303°423 m7.4 mi
Stewart HillW 259°412 m23.6 mi
Fletcher HillNW 325°410 m22.2 mi
Turkey HillNW 325°409 m22.1 mi
Herron HillSSE 155°384 m15.8 mi
Fridays HillNNW 330°380 m19.0 mi
Beatty HillWNW 283°380 m23.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5619:33
June solstice05:5020:1420:56
September equinox07:0918:4319:19
December solstice07:4216:1316:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138516170747366544234
Precip in2.62.73.23.63.64.23.93.23.42.82.72.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwillard Dashields L&D, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/804465542

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