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Emmaus Community Garden

Emmaus Community Garden from directly overhead

Emmaus Community Garden is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 120 m. Topton Mountain stands 378 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Emmaus Remembrance Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Emmaus
Access
Permitted

How to reach it

Coordinates40.54322, -75.48392

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cintas Fields: 0.1 mi
  • Library Park: 0.2 mi
  • Williams Street Recreational Area: 0.2 mi
  • Klines Lane Open Space: 0.3 mi
  • Homestead Park: 0.3 mi
Museums: 60
  • Emmaus Historical Society: 0.5 mi
  • Museum of Indian Culture: 2.0 mi
  • Mack Trucks Historical Museum: 2.1 mi
  • Da Vinci Science Center: 4.1 mi
  • Da Vinci Science Center at PPL Pavilion: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Native American statue: 2.5 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 4.1 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Freedom Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Trout Hall: 4.2 mi
  • Lehigh County: 4.2 mi
Attractions
  • Splash Landing: 3.3 mi
  • Kids Cove: 3.3 mi
  • Patriot's Plunge: 3.3 mi
  • Aquablast: 3.4 mi
  • Lollipop Lagoon: 3.4 mi
Gardens: 33
Artworks: 22
  • Emma: 0.6 mi
  • Victor's Lament: 4.0 mi
  • Arts Walk Hamilton Connector: 4.2 mi
  • Court Street Arts Alley: 4.2 mi
  • Mr. Imagination's Sculpture Garden: 6.9 mi
Springs: 15
  • Lehigh Park Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Poorhouse Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Helfrichs Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #3: 19.1 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Carousel Grove: 3.5 mi
  • Food Fest Grove: 3.6 mi
  • Parkside Pavillion: 3.6 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 8.7 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 3
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 11.0 mi
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 15.5 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 23.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • High Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 21.7 mi
  • Wild Creek Falls: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • 309 Truck Stop: 6.4 mi
  • Rest Area: 8.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Emmaus Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Topton MountainWSW 246°378 m11.4 mi
Gap HillWSW 237°349 m9.4 mi
Bauer RockENE 58°317 m2.9 mi
Sandstone RidgeNNW 334°311 m13.6 mi
Flint HillE 98°308 m7.2 mi
Gaffney HillENE 64°308 m13.3 mi
KirchbergENE 70°305 m9.4 mi
South MountainENE 58°301 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3219:5620:37
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2315:5516:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303241526271767466554435
Precip in3.32.83.63.73.64.45.34.64.84.13.23.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allentown Lehigh VLY Intl AP, 8 mi away.

  • American tuliptree47 obs
  • Northern Cardinal35 obs
  • mayapple34 obs
  • Green Frog33 obs
  • Christmas fern32 obs
  • Common Garter Snake29 obs
  • White-tailed Deer29 obs
  • northern spicebush29 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/851568130

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