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KCT Community Garden

KCT Community Garden from directly overhead

KCT Community Garden is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Ramblers Recreation Center, a park 0.3 miles away. Blue Route passes 12 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Kensington Community Trust
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates39.99744, -75.11211

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ramblers Recreation Center: 0.3 mi
  • Harrowgate Park: 0.3 mi
  • Scanlon Recreation Center: 0.3 mi
  • McPherson Square: 0.4 mi
  • McVeigh Recreation Center: 0.5 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • Mann Adult Community Center Mural: 1.4 mi
  • Healing Wall Mural: 1.8 mi
  • Global Heritage Mural: 2.3 mi
  • William Penn: 2.3 mi
  • Don Quixote: 2.4 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Palmer Cemetery World War I Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • CPL. Charles J. Glenn, 3rd USMC Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Penn Obelisk: 2.3 mi
  • Alumni Circle: 2.6 mi
  • Johnny Ring Statue: 2.6 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 38
  • Van R. Thomas Memorial Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
  • Bird Lake Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Area #6: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Area #4: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Area #5: 5.0 mi
Peaks: 36
  • Fairmount: 4.3 mi
  • Lemon Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Georges Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Chestnut Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 8.3 mi
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Monkey Rock: 15.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Washington Lake Beach: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Gold Run: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Diamond Rock HillWNW 285°188 m21.7 mi
Mount MiseryWNW 288°176 m20.2 mi
Buckingham MountainN 10°158 m22.3 mi
Solebury MountainNNE 16°142 m24.5 mi
Ebright AzimuthWSW 243°137 m24.3 mi
Chestnut HillNW 318°136 m7.5 mi
Jericho MountainNNE 22°129 m22.6 mi
Hunting HillW 262°125 m18.1 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, 4 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly86 obs
  • common mugwort65 obs
  • princess tree63 obs
  • Western Honey Bee53 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee52 obs
  • Carolina Mantis51 obs
  • Monarch44 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel42 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/1392197455

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