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El Batey

El Batey from directly overhead

El Batey is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is La Paz, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Route passes 11 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Norris Square Neighborhood Project

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.98389, -75.13583

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Norris Square Park: 0.1 mi
  • Casiano Field: 0.3 mi
  • Emerald Park: 0.3 mi
  • 3rd and Norris Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Waterloo Playground: 0.3 mi
Attractions
  • Harbison's Dairy Milk Bottle: 0.3 mi
  • Philly Gun Range: 1.8 mi
  • Elfreth's Alley: 2.2 mi
  • U.S. Mint at Philadelphia Tour: 2.2 mi
  • Chinatown Friendship Gate: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Palmer Cemetery World War I Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Alumni Circle: 1.1 mi
  • CPL. Charles J. Glenn, 3rd USMC Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Johnny Ring Statue: 1.1 mi
  • Penn Obelisk: 1.3 mi
Artworks
  • Don Quixote: 1.0 mi
  • Interactive sculpture: 1.1 mi
  • Jazz Mural: 1.1 mi
  • Mann Adult Community Center Mural: 1.1 mi
  • Healing Wall Mural: 1.2 mi
Museums
Picnic sites: 37
  • Van R. Thomas Memorial Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Bird Lake Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 4.0 mi
Peaks: 34
  • Fairmount: 2.7 mi
  • Lemon Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Georges Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Chestnut Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 8.3 mi
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Monkey Rock: 14.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Washington Lake Beach: 17.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Diamond Rock HillWNW 288°188 m20.8 mi
Mount MiseryWNW 292°176 m19.3 mi
Buckingham MountainNNE 12°158 m23.5 mi
Ebright AzimuthWSW 243°137 m22.7 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 330°136 m7.5 mi
Jericho MountainNNE 24°129 m24.0 mi
Hunting HillW 264°125 m16.7 mi
Camp HillNNW 342°104 m10.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:33
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:2015:5616:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353745566675807872604940
Precip in3.63.34.54.04.14.84.74.94.94.13.44.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phila Franklin Inst, 3 mi away.

  • Common Yellowthroat243 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow226 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly211 obs
  • House Sparrow166 obs
  • Ovenbird132 obs
  • princess tree124 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel112 obs
  • American Woodcock111 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1525940424

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