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Five Senses Garden

Five Senses Garden from directly overhead

Five Senses Garden is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Short Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ivy Ridge Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Capital Area Greenbelt
Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.25220, -76.83748
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ivy Ridge Park: 0.2 mi
  • Paxtang Park: 0.4 mi
  • Paxtang Commons Park: 0.7 mi
  • Donald R. Taylor Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Saussaman Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 54
Museums: 46
Artworks: 41
  • Cow Statue: 1.2 mi
  • Cow Statue: 1.2 mi
  • Cow Statue: 1.2 mi
  • The Gallery at Walnut Place: 2.4 mi
  • Boies Penrose Statue: 2.5 mi
Gardens: 24
Nature reserves: 24
Springs: 10
  • Spring Lake Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Eichelberger Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Orr's Bridge Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Spring Creek Springs: 11.1 mi
  • Pine Springs: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 9.9 mi
  • Hemlock Grove: 17.3 mi
  • Quitte Creek Nature Park: 18.2 mi
  • Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
  • Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Concrete Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Acrigg's Falls: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Short MountainNNE 14°500 m23.6 mi
Stony MountainNNE 28°491 m17.0 mi
Third MountainN 7°488 m11.7 mi
Long MountainSW 233°479 m18.6 mi
Mount HollyWSW 241°459 m22.0 mi
Berry MountainN 2°435 m19.6 mi
Welch HillW 278°432 m24.9 mi
Round TopNNE 22°422 m18.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:3920:0020:41
September equinox06:5618:3019:06
December solstice07:2716:0216:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543546473787569574637
Precip in2.62.43.33.73.53.74.33.74.13.72.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg Capital City AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly37 obs
  • lesser celandine16 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander13 obs
  • American pokeweed11 obs
  • Monarch10 obs
  • poison hemlock10 obs
  • bird's-eye speedwell10 obs
  • common ivy10 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/753466252

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