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Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve

Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 316 m. Eagle Peak stands 396 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Money Rocks County Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Exton Bypass passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Lancaster County Conservancy
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.08706, -76.00543

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Money Rocks County Park: 0.9 mi
  • New Holland Community Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
  • Nolt's Park: 4.5 mi
  • Town Clock Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
  • Groff Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Edgar Beck Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • ELANCO Veterans Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Groff Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Zion African Union Church Ruins: 5.1 mi
  • Old Dam Area: 9.8 mi
Peaks
  • Dry Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Welsh Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Silver Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Gap Hill: 7.0 mi
Attractions
  • Cornfields: 6.2 mi
  • AAA Buggy Rides: 6.4 mi
  • Kitchen Kettle Village: 6.4 mi
  • Mast Farms' Corn Maze: 6.4 mi
  • Eshleman's Mill covered bridge: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 55
Gardens: 45
  • Psalm 23 Prayer Garden: 7.0 mi
  • The Courtyard: 11.6 mi
  • Grow-Up Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Culp's Clearing: 13.8 mi
  • Fern Island: 16.8 mi
Artworks: 31
  • Jakes Country Trading Post: 9.1 mi
  • Winters Leadership Memorial: 11.1 mi
  • Parallel Bar Carving: 12.8 mi
  • Parallel Bar Carving: 12.8 mi
  • Missles Into Plowshares: 12.8 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Leaman Place Junction: 8.0 mi
  • Park Pavillion #3: 16.0 mi
  • Park Pavillion #2: 16.1 mi
  • Bortz Pavilion: 16.8 mi
  • Boy Scout Pavilion: 16.9 mi
Springs: 12
  • Micajah Posey Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Springs of Punches Run: 13.2 mi
  • Baptism Creek Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Black Rock Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Lititz Spring: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakNNW 331°396 m19.8 mi
Mount PennNNE 17°342 m18.7 mi
Church HillNNE 24°332 m21.4 mi
Long HillNE 42°332 m24.1 mi
Fancy HillNE 44°331 m22.9 mi
Deer Path HillNNE 17°326 m21.3 mi
Irish MountainNNE 14°323 m23.9 mi
Cushion PeakNNW 346°320 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3619:5620:37
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2315:5916:42

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341536372767567564536
Precip in3.32.84.13.63.54.54.44.34.94.63.23.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Holland 2 SE, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/506292571

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