Ziegler Preserve
Ziegler Preserve is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 338 m. West Mountain stands 659 m to the south, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Gardner Spencer Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Countryside Conservancy
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 9.3 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
- 11.9 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bull Hill: 0.5 mi
- Lee Hill: 0.9 mi
- Fairground Hill: 1.5 mi
- Turkey Hill: 1.6 mi
- Church Hill: 1.7 mi
- Lackawanna State Park: 0.7 mi
- Benton Township Park: 1.5 mi
- Marworth Rec Area: 2.6 mi
- Frisbee Golf: 3.7 mi
- Ned Boehm Field: 4.3 mi
- Caboose: 4.4 mi
- H. James Saxton and Donald Sherwood monument: 5.0 mi
- WW1, WW1, Korean War: 8.4 mi
- Birthplace of First Aid: 8.4 mi
- Borough Establishment: 8.4 mi
- Gardner Spencer Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Messimer Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Quarry Ridge Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Gateway Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Meadowsweet Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Houdini Museum: 10.6 mi
- Anthracite Museum: 11.6 mi
- Lackawana Coal Mine Tour: 11.6 mi
- Electric City Trolley Museum: 12.1 mi
- Civil War Museum: 12.1 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 10.6 mi
- Worthington Scranton Statue: 10.7 mi
- Penn State Nittany Lion: 11.7 mi
- Faith - Hope - Love Veterans Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Jason Miller: 12.3 mi
- Tunkhannock Viaduct: 5.1 mi
- Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 9.9 mi
- Tundra Tornado: 16.1 mi
- Iceberg Alley Luge: 16.2 mi
- Wayne County Fairgrounds: 22.1 mi
- Prayer Garden: 12.0 mi
- Mulberry Plaza: 12.3 mi
- Lower Quad: 12.4 mi
- Upper Quad: 12.5 mi
- R. N, Davis Memorial Garden: 12.8 mi
- Nay Aug Falls: 12.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Falls: 18.8 mi
- Salvatore Falls: 22.7 mi
- Carley Brook Falls: 23.3 mi
- Wangum Falls: 23.9 mi
- Spencer Spring: 21.3 mi
- Salt Springs: 24.3 mi
- The Salt Spring: 24.3 mi
- Campbell's Ledge: 16.3 mi
- The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 19.1 mi
- Roadside Rest: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Ziegler Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Mountain | S 182° | 659 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | S 191° | 641 m | 10.3 mi |
| Cary Mountain | ESE 115° | 627 m | 6.9 mi |
| Hubbard Mountain | SE 133° | 618 m | 6.9 mi |
| Meyers Mountain | ESE 123° | 616 m | 6.9 mi |
| Bell Mountain | SSE 166° | 606 m | 7.5 mi |
| Baby Bell | S 174° | 588 m | 8.3 mi |
| Thorn Hill | NE 37° | 552 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:59 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:52 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 22 | 30 | 42 | 54 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pleasant MT 1 W, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/365735131
Day trips start here
- Factoryville · 5 mi
- Clarks Summit · 6 mi
- Dunmore · 12 mi
- Scranton · 12 mi
- Endless Mountains · 16 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 18 mi
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