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Yankee Run Nature Preserve

Yankee Run Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Yankee Run Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 494 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Borough Hall Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Delaware River Valley passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pocono Heritage Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.12723, -75.34863

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Borough Hall Park: 0.5 mi
  • The Roof: 3.1 mi
  • Mount Airy Red Rock Trailhead: 3.1 mi
  • Posie's Park: 3.2 mi
  • Seven Pines Park: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves: 60
Peaks
  • Deer Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Mount Sophia: 2.6 mi
  • Seven Pines Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 3.3 mi
  • Cresco Heights: 3.7 mi
Waterfalls: 41
  • Bond Hill Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Indian Ladder Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Marshalls Creek Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Little Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Tobyhanna Falls: 12.9 mi
Historic sites: 38
  • DL&W Interlocking Tower: 11.0 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial Flag & Plaque: 11.9 mi
  • Coal Pocket: 12.6 mi
  • Historic Churliegh Inn: 13.5 mi
  • Grave of Etna Bittenbender: 13.7 mi
Attractions: 19
Museums: 18
  • Cresco Station Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Wills Mansion Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Tobyhanna Train Station: 5.1 mi
  • Brodhead Creek Heritage Center: 8.3 mi
  • Gouldsboro Train Station: 9.8 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Tall Timber Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Indain Mountain Lake Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Smithfield Beach: 16.8 mi
Springs: 11
  • Bill Warner Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Octave Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Sand Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Pocono Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Leroy A. Smith Spring #1: 19.9 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Glacier Lake Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Sarah Street Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Labyrinth Garden: 12.7 mi
  • native plant garden: 17.4 mi
  • Knowlton Township Butterfly Garden: 19.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Robin Cove Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 13.0 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 13.0 mi
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 14.7 mi
  • Hialeah Recreation Site: 15.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • Crescent Lake Rest Area: 4.4 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 14.3 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 17.2 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 17.3 mi
  • Rest area: 21.2 mi
Artworks: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Yankee Run Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine HillWNW 297°690 m16.7 mi
Dresser HillN 355°673 m6.5 mi
Pimple HillSW 231°669 m10.7 mi
Lake MountainWSW 247°666 m14.5 mi
Big Shiney MountainWNW 301°664 m19.0 mi
Panther HillWNW 304°662 m16.5 mi
Turkey KnollNNE 17°655 m4.5 mi
Camelback MountainS 182°647 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3719:14
June solstice05:3019:5620:38
September equinox06:5018:2419:00
December solstice07:2415:5216:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533445563686659483828
Precip in3.02.53.84.24.14.74.74.65.65.14.13.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Pocono Pocono Mountains MUN, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/684037569

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