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GUI Community Garden

GUI Community Garden from directly overhead

GUI Community Garden is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Short Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Susquehanna Art Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Green Urban Initiative
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.27145, -76.88754
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jackson Lick Pool Recreation Area: 0.2 mi
  • Penn & Sayford Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lenore Haas Alexander Playground: 0.4 mi
  • 4th & Dauphin Playground: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 58
Artworks: 41
  • John F. Hartranft Statue: 0.6 mi
  • The Gallery at Walnut Place: 0.7 mi
  • Boies Penrose Statue: 0.7 mi
  • Andrew Curtin statue: 0.8 mi
  • Harrisburg Giants mural: 0.9 mi
Museums: 38
Gardens: 23
  • Sunken Gardens: 0.4 mi
  • Peffer Street Pollinator Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Wesley AME Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Atlas Street Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Heart of the Community Garden: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves: 21
Springs: 10
  • Eichelberger Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Spring Lake Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Orr's Bridge Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Pine Springs: 10.9 mi
  • Spring Creek Springs: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 12.2 mi
  • Hemlock Grove: 18.6 mi
  • Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
  • Rowland Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
  • Quitte Creek Nature Park: 20.5 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Concrete Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Short MountainNNE 22°500 m23.1 mi
Stony MountainNE 37°491 m17.3 mi
Third MountainNNE 22°488 m11.1 mi
Buck Ridge TowerSW 236°488 m24.2 mi
Long MountainSW 224°479 m17.5 mi
Hammonds RocksSW 234°462 m23.7 mi
Mount HollySW 234°459 m20.5 mi
Berry MountainN 10°435 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:3920:0020:41
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Groundhog88 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly79 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron61 obs
  • purple loosestrife33 obs
  • Eastern Dobsonfly30 obs
  • Gray Catbird28 obs
  • jimsonweed28 obs
  • Canada Goose27 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/1074899130

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