Alumni Garden
Alumni Garden is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Running Free, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Route passes 7.6 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Drexel University
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Blue Route
- 21.6 mi off the Exton Bypass
- 21.8 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 24.7 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 26 mi
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 29 mi
- South Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Running Free: 0.0 mi
- Momentum: 0.1 mi
- Mario the Magnificent: 0.1 mi
- Wave Forms: 0.2 mi
- Ivy Composition #2: 0.3 mi
- Walter Golaski: 0.1 mi
- Columns and Capital from Amman Jordan: 0.4 mi
- J. edgar thomson: 0.4 mi
- William Walace Atterbury: 0.4 mi
- Angel of the Resurrection: 0.4 mi
- Summer-Winter Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Mantua Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Sloan Street Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Schuylkill River Park Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Penn Garden: 0.7 mi
- Institute of Contemporary Art: 0.3 mi
- Tiberino Museum: 0.5 mi
- Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center: 0.7 mi
- Mütter Museum: 0.7 mi
- Philadelphia Museum of Art: 0.8 mi
- Drexel Park: 0.3 mi
- The Lawn at uCity Square: 0.3 mi
- Shoemaker Green: 0.4 mi
- Blanche Levy Park: 0.4 mi
- Cira Green: 0.4 mi
- Rocky Steps: 0.8 mi
- The Universal Sphere: 1.1 mi
- One Liberty Observation Deck: 1.2 mi
- WildWorks Ropes Course: 1.2 mi
- American Bandstand: 1.2 mi
- Centennial Arboretum: 2.2 mi
- Cadwalader Tract: 5.7 mi
- Williamson Road Site: 7.4 mi
- Upper Roxborough Reservoir Park: 7.4 mi
- Marple Conservation Area: 7.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 0.5 mi
- Bird Lake Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Area 4: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 2.5 mi
- Fairmount: 0.8 mi
- Lemon Hill: 1.1 mi
- Georges Hill: 2.6 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 8.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 8.9 mi
- Historical "Ancient Indian Spring": 5.7 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 13.8 mi
- Kerr Spring: 24.8 mi
- Magnesium Spring: 24.8 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 24.9 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 13.3 mi
- Wawa Truck Stop: 14.9 mi
- Deepwater Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 8.0 mi
- Monkey Rock: 12.8 mi
- Darling: 15.3 mi
- Washington Lake Beach: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alumni Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Rock Hill | WNW 297° | 188 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Misery | WNW 301° | 176 m | 17.6 mi |
| Ebright Azimuth | WSW 245° | 137 m | 19.4 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | N 354° | 136 m | 8.4 mi |
| Hunting Hill | W 271° | 125 m | 13.8 mi |
| Osborne Hill | W 264° | 113 m | 22.2 mi |
| Militia Hill | NNW 348° | 104 m | 11.5 mi |
| Camp Hill | N 358° | 104 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:56 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phila Franklin Inst, under a mile away.
- House Sparrow1,060 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly910 obs
- American Robin715 obs
- White-throated Sparrow595 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee570 obs
- Ovenbird567 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel556 obs
- Paper mulberry519 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/748879983
Day trips start here
- Philadelphia · 1 mi
- Philadelphia/Center City West · 1 mi
- Philadelphia/Center City East · 2 mi
- Philadelphia/Northwest · 2 mi
- Philadelphia/Old City · 2 mi
- Philadelphia/South · 2 mi
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