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LaFarm

LaFarm from directly overhead

LaFarm is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 107 m. Kittatinny Mountain stands 464 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is ENCO Eagles Fields, a park 0.2 miles away. Delaware River Valley passes 4.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Lafayette College
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.73390, -75.23448

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • ENCO Eagles Fields: 0.2 mi
  • Braden Airport Park: 0.5 mi
  • Penn's Ridge Park: 0.5 mi
  • Mill Race Park: 0.6 mi
  • Willow Drive Tot Lot: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Old Mill (Ruins): 1.7 mi
  • Marquis de Lafayette Statue: 2.8 mi
  • Dr. Traill Green Monument: 2.8 mi
  • Marquis de Lafayette Statue: 2.8 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
  • Crayola Experience: 3.2 mi
  • Delaware River Railroad Excursions: 3.6 mi
  • C. F. Martin & Co., Inc. Factory: 4.0 mi
  • Josiah White II Canal Boat: 4.9 mi
  • SteelStacks: 10.8 mi
Museums: 55
Gardens: 30
Artworks: 26
  • Leopard: 2.7 mi
  • Shapeyard: 2.7 mi
  • Transcendence: 2.7 mi
  • John Amos Comenius Monument: 10.5 mi
  • The Bridge: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Picnic Grove: 4.5 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 9.9 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 9.9 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 9.9 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • High Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 13.6 mi
  • Old Mill Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 15.9 mi
Springs: 10
Cliffs: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 8.1 mi
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 19.2 mi
  • Smithfield Beach: 22.3 mi
  • Smithfield Beach: 22.5 mi
  • Turtle Beach: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area: 10.3 mi
  • Rest area: 16.8 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 18.3 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 18.4 mi
  • Crescent Lake Rest Area: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of LaFarm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kittatinny MountainN 11°464 m14.3 mi
Mount No MoreENE 67°348 m11.8 mi
County House MountainENE 70°348 m15.3 mi
Mount MohepinokeENE 62°340 m16.3 mi
Scotts MountainE 86°331 m8.0 mi
Bauer RockSW 222°317 m15.8 mi
Gaffney HillS 188°308 m7.5 mi
Flint HillSSW 203°308 m15.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3119:5520:36
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2215:5316:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303139516170757266544334
Precip in3.73.03.73.94.34.85.65.24.74.53.44.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phillipsburg-easton BRG, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Asian Lady Beetle15 obs
  • Monarch10 obs
  • Mourning Dove9 obs
  • Northern Cardinal9 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly9 obs
  • American Robin8 obs
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker8 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel8 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/845187804

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