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Leon and Ethel Yeiser Rose Garden

Leon and Ethel Yeiser Rose Garden from directly overhead

Leon and Ethel Yeiser Rose Garden is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 136 m. Big Lick Mountain stands 545 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cuewe-Pehelle Statue, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 5.0 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates40.33154, -76.51439
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Quittie Creek Nature Park: 0.5 mi
  • Grandview Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
  • Cleona Community Park: 2.2 mi
  • Union Canal Tunnel Park: 3.1 mi
  • Gloninger Park: 3.2 mi
Attractions
  • The Old Hershey Chocolate Factory: 7.6 mi
  • Black-tailed Prairie Dog: 7.7 mi
  • American Elk: 7.7 mi
  • Mountain Lion: 7.7 mi
  • Pronghorn: 7.8 mi
Historic sites: 57
Museums: 55
Nature reserves: 45
Peaks: 42
  • Mount Ararat: 3.6 mi
  • Conewago Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Governor Dick Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Hulls Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Spring Hill: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 37
  • Cuewe-Pehelle Statue: 0.1 mi
  • "Hot Dog" Frank statue: 0.1 mi
  • Mount Gretna Outdoor Art Show: 6.2 mi
  • Summer: 7.7 mi
  • Spring: 7.7 mi
Gardens: 26
  • Peace Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Palmyra Community Library: 4.1 mi
  • Northside Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Weidner Garden: 7.3 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Quitte Creek Nature Park: 0.5 mi
  • Swing Circle: 6.5 mi
  • Main Campfire Circle: 6.6 mi
  • Ampitheater: 6.7 mi
  • Hemlock Grove: 7.3 mi
Springs: 11
  • Penryth Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Spring Creek Springs: 7.0 mi
  • Schaefferstown Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Lititz Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Donegal Spring: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Acrigg's Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Swatara Falls: 24.8 mi
  • Un-named Falls: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Concrete Beach: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Leon and Ethel Yeiser Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Lick MountainN 349°545 m18.8 mi
Good Spring MountainN 1°500 m20.5 mi
Short MountainNNW 327°500 m20.6 mi
Bear MountainNNW 345°496 m20.1 mi
Stony MountainNW 316°491 m13.2 mi
Third MountainWNW 292°488 m16.7 mi
Panther HeadN 11°473 m17.7 mi
Little MountainN 9°471 m23.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3719:5920:40
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:2616:0016:44

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516170747366544334
Precip in3.12.53.63.74.04.54.94.64.64.13.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lebanon 2 W, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Dryad's Saddle16 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle14 obs
  • Northern Cardinal13 obs
  • bloodroot13 obs
  • dame's rocket12 obs
  • Huron Skipper11 obs
  • Great Blue Heron10 obs
  • pale jewelweed10 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 node/4422290591

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