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Girard Garden at the Berean Institute

Girard Garden at the Berean Institute from directly overhead

Girard Garden at the Berean Institute is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Founder's Hall Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Blue Route passes 8.8 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates39.97288, -75.16857

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Stiles Street Play Lot: 0.3 mi
  • Francisville Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Ingersoll Park: 0.3 mi
  • North Philly Peace Park: 0.4 mi
  • Francisville Community Park: 0.4 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 37
  • Bird Lake Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • Van R. Thomas Memorial Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 1.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 2.5 mi
Peaks: 32
  • Fairmount: 0.8 mi
  • Lemon Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Georges Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Chestnut Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 8.1 mi
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Monkey Rock: 13.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Washington Lake Beach: 16.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Diamond Rock HillWNW 292°188 m19.4 mi
Mount MiseryWNW 296°176 m18.1 mi
Buckingham MountainNNE 16°158 m24.6 mi
Ebright AzimuthWSW 243°137 m20.8 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 344°136 m7.6 mi
Hunting HillW 267°125 m14.9 mi
Osborne HillW 262°113 m23.5 mi
Militia HillNNW 341°104 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
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, 1 mi away.

  • House Sparrow1,001 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly768 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow754 obs
  • Ovenbird607 obs
  • Common Yellowthroat508 obs
  • American Robin506 obs
  • Peregrine Falcon482 obs
  • Rock Pigeon457 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/405245231

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