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Community Garden

Community Garden from directly overhead

Community Garden is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 123 m. Topton Mountain stands 378 m to the southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is East Texas Community Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.54603, -75.56432
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • East Texas Community Park: 0.2 mi
  • Winding Brook Recreation Area: 0.5 mi
  • Brookfield Park: 0.6 mi
  • Winding Brook Lower Park: 0.6 mi
  • Brookside Farms Park: 0.9 mi
Attractions
  • Zephyr Railroad: 2.6 mi
  • Cedar Creek Flyers: 2.6 mi
  • Zephyr Railroad: 2.6 mi
  • Steel Force: 2.7 mi
  • Revolution: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
  • Lock Ridge Furnace Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Alburtis Lock Ridge Historical Society: 3.1 mi
  • Museum of Indian Culture: 3.1 mi
  • Emmaus Historical Society: 4.0 mi
  • Mack Trucks Historical Museum: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens: 32
  • Community Gardens: 2.3 mi
  • The Fields at Indian Creek Garden: 2.7 mi
  • The Tree of Life Memorial Grove: 3.5 mi
  • Malcolm W. Gross Rose Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Emmaus Remembrance Garden: 4.2 mi
Artworks: 23
  • Emma: 3.9 mi
  • Victor's Lament: 4.5 mi
  • Arts Walk Hamilton Connector: 6.3 mi
  • Court Street Arts Alley: 6.3 mi
  • Early Settlers Statue: 10.3 mi
Springs: 18
  • Poorhouse Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Lehigh Park Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Helfrichs Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #3: 16.5 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Food Fest Grove: 2.8 mi
  • Carousel Grove: 2.8 mi
  • Parkside Pavillion: 3.0 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 11.7 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 11.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 4
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 14.2 mi
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 14.6 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 21.2 mi
  • Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 22.3 mi
  • High Falls: 23.0 mi
  • Wild Creek Falls: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • 309 Truck Stop: 10.3 mi
  • Rest Area: 11.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Topton MountainSW 232°378 m7.8 mi
Gap HillSW 214°349 m6.4 mi
Long HillSSW 207°332 m15.5 mi
Donats PeakWNW 296°331 m15.8 mi
Bauer RockENE 79°317 m6.8 mi
Sandstone RidgeN 352°311 m12.2 mi
Flint HillE 96°308 m11.4 mi
Sheep HillSW 232°307 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3819:14
June solstice05:3319:5620:37
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2315:5616:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506069747265534334
Precip in3.42.83.94.13.84.55.44.44.84.33.63.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rodale Rsch CTR, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly11 obs
  • ground-ivy9 obs
  • Northern Cardinal8 obs
  • Common Garter Snake8 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel8 obs
  • Mourning Dove7 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk7 obs
  • Monarch7 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/1032988439

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