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Christa Lewis Memorial Arboretum

Christa Lewis Memorial Arboretum from directly overhead

Christa Lewis Memorial Arboretum is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Mount Misery stands 176 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Disston Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Blue Route passes 14 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.02413, -75.03835

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Disston Park: 0.3 mi
  • Princeton Avenue Boat Launch: 0.4 mi
  • Russo Park: 0.5 mi
  • Dorsey Playground: 0.6 mi
  • Lardner's Point Park: 0.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Palmyra War Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Burholme Memorial for Peace: 3.0 mi
  • Burholme WWI Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Pennsauken Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
Artworks
  • Cheese Giraffe: 2.0 mi
  • Dragon: 4.2 mi
  • Global Heritage Mural: 4.5 mi
  • Bird Blind: 4.5 mi
  • Benches: 4.7 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks: 40
  • Fairmount: 8.6 mi
  • Lemon Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Chestnut Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Mount Laurel: 9.8 mi
  • Georges Hill: 10.2 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Picnic Area A: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 5.9 mi
  • Van R. Thomas Memorial Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Area #4: 8.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
Cliffs: 3
  • Monkey Rock: 18.4 mi
  • Old Quarry: 22.9 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Gold Run: 19.9 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Washington Lake Beach: 19.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MiseryW 281°176 m23.5 mi
Plumstead HillN 352°174 m24.4 mi
Buckingham MountainN 360°158 m20.2 mi
Baldpate MountainNNE 22°146 m22.9 mi
Strawberry HillNNE 20°143 m22.0 mi
Solebury MountainN 8°142 m21.9 mi
Goat HillNNE 13°138 m22.9 mi
Chestnut HillWNW 293°136 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:12
June solstice05:3219:5220:33
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1915:5616:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744556474797770584839
Precip in3.32.64.03.83.63.94.34.24.53.63.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NE Phila AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Song Sparrow184 obs
  • White-tailed Deer126 obs
  • Pond Slider106 obs
  • Wild Turkey97 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow96 obs
  • Canada Goose85 obs
  • Bufflehead82 obs
  • Mallard80 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/671125526

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