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Willow Lake Farm

Willow Lake Farm from directly overhead

Willow Lake Farm is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 81 m. Haycock Mountain stands 295 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is The Highlands Mansion and Gardens, a park 0.4 miles away. Blue Route passes 2.8 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wissahickon Trails
Access
Permitted
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.14050, -75.23949

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Highlands Mansion and Gardens: 0.4 mi
  • Prophecy Creek Park: 0.7 mi
  • Locust Street Park: 1.0 mi
  • Jean Thompson Park: 1.0 mi
  • Knights Park: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Wissahickon Veterans Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Service & Devotion Monument: 2.9 mi
  • Limekilns: 3.3 mi
  • Heroes’ Ground: 3.5 mi
  • Whitemarsh Hall Portico: 3.9 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Research Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Woodland Gardens: 3.0 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 3.0 mi
  • Sustainable Wetland Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Spring House Estates: 3.1 mi
Attractions
  • Magnolia Slope: 3.7 mi
  • Out on a Limb Tree Canopy Walk: 3.8 mi
  • Orange Balustrade: 3.8 mi
  • Holiday Garden Railway: 3.9 mi
  • Azalea Meadow: 3.9 mi
Peaks: 42
  • Militia Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Sandy Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Fort Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Camp Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Lafayette Hill: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 38
  • Picnic Area B: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Area #3: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 7.9 mi
Springs: 6
Cliffs: 5
  • Monkey Rock: 9.0 mi
  • Old Quarry: 21.3 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 21.4 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 22.2 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • High Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Gold Run: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • King of Prussia Service Plaza: 7.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Haycock MountainN 3°295 m24.1 mi
Rock HillN 351°256 m18.8 mi
Highest Point Montgomery CountyNW 324°218 m24.5 mi
Mill HillNW 325°202 m24.6 mi
Diamond Rock HillWSW 253°188 m14.9 mi
Gabel HillWNW 301°183 m24.8 mi
Mount MiseryWSW 254°176 m12.9 mi
Plumstead HillNNE 25°174 m17.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5420:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2115:5616:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536373787669574637
Precip in3.73.04.43.94.24.24.75.04.94.33.64.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norristown, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/955374794

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