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Dauphin County Community Gardens

Dauphin County Community Gardens from directly overhead

Dauphin County Community Gardens is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 143 m. Short Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Veteran's Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates40.29305, -76.86655
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veteran's Park: 0.5 mi
  • Edgemont Community Park: 0.7 mi
  • Logan Farm Park: 0.9 mi
  • Crown Point Park: 0.9 mi
  • Little Valley Park: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 56
Artworks: 41
  • Andrew Curtin statue: 1.5 mi
  • Dance of Eternal Spring: 1.8 mi
  • The Gallery at Walnut Place: 2.2 mi
  • John F. Hartranft Statue: 2.2 mi
  • Boies Penrose Statue: 2.3 mi
Museums: 39
Gardens: 22
Nature reserves: 22
Springs: 10
  • Eichelberger Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Spring Lake Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Orr's Bridge Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Pine Springs: 9.5 mi
  • Spring Creek Springs: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 11.1 mi
  • Hemlock Grove: 16.9 mi
  • Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
  • Rowland Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
  • Quitte Creek Nature Park: 19.1 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Concrete Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 20.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Acrigg's Falls: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dauphin County Community Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Short MountainNNE 20°500 m21.3 mi
Stony MountainNE 38°491 m15.4 mi
Third MountainNNE 19°488 m9.3 mi
Long MountainSW 223°479 m19.4 mi
Mount HollySW 233°459 m22.3 mi
Berry MountainN 7°435 m16.9 mi
Welch HillW 272°432 m23.1 mi
Round TopNNE 30°422 m16.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:3920:0020:41
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2716:0216:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139516171757365534234
Precip in2.92.83.93.94.04.04.84.34.63.82.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg 1 NE, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly94 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird82 obs
  • Great Egret77 obs
  • Green Frog72 obs
  • Common Garter Snake60 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel56 obs
  • swamp rose mallow56 obs
  • Canada Goose50 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/935646839

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