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Willisbrook Preserve

Willisbrook Preserve from directly overhead

Willisbrook Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 133 m. Fancy Hill stands 331 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Serpentine Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Exton Bypass passes 3.7 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates40.00803, -75.52423

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Sugartown Strawberries: 0.4 mi
  • Historic Sugartown: 1.0 mi
  • West Chester Griswolds: 2.3 mi
  • John A. Willman Education Center and Garden Shop: 6.0 mi
  • Devon Horse Show: 6.1 mi
Parks
  • East Goshen Park: 0.9 mi
  • Sugartown Preserve: 1.1 mi
  • East Goshen Township Park: 1.4 mi
  • Paoli Memorial Association: 1.5 mi
  • Ashbridge Preserve: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Paoli Massacre Monument: 1.5 mi
  • Duffy's Cut Mass Grave: 1.8 mi
  • Battle of the Clouds: 1.9 mi
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary Statue: 2.4 mi
  • Sister-Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Obelisk: 2.4 mi
Artworks
  • St. Augustine Statue: 1.6 mi
  • Statue of Mary: 1.6 mi
  • The Berwyn Mural: 5.1 mi
  • Hall of Prayers: 5.3 mi
  • Frederick Douglass Statue: 5.5 mi
Museums
Gardens
Peaks: 43
  • Diamond Rock Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Castle Rock: 5.1 mi
  • Hunting Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Mount Misery: 6.2 mi
  • Mount Joy: 6.9 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Picnic Site 9: 5.8 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 13 Picnic Site: 5.8 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 12 Picnic Site: 5.9 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 11 Picnic Site: 6.0 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Picnic Site 16: 6.1 mi
Springs: 7
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Deemer's Beach: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fancy HillNNW 337°331 m23.9 mi
Sand HillNNW 340°318 m23.9 mi
Welsh MountainWNW 290°313 m22.6 mi
Williams HillNW 311°306 m20.3 mi
Chestnut HillNW 320°305 m19.1 mi
Thomas HillNW 309°295 m18.5 mi
Mengle HillNNW 337°292 m25.0 mi
BrushNW 317°288 m20.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3419:5420:35
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2115:5816:41

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/884554261

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