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Native Habitat Garden

Native Habitat Garden from directly overhead

Native Habitat Garden is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 400 m. Bears Head stands 634 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, a park 0.1 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.63413, -75.98686
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: 0.1 mi
  • Deer Lake Fossil Site: 3.9 mi
  • Windsor Township Park: 4.9 mi
  • Hamburg Community Park: 5.2 mi
  • Kaercher Creek Park: 5.3 mi
Peaks
  • Cobble: 0.3 mi
  • Hemlock Heights: 0.7 mi
  • Hawk Mountain: 0.9 mi
  • Owls Head: 1.3 mi
  • Dans Pulpit: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Crystal Cave: 10.6 mi
  • Kutztown Fairgrounds: 13.4 mi
  • Christmas Village Railroad: 16.9 mi
  • Wishing Well: 16.9 mi
  • Christmas in Other Lands: 17.0 mi
Museums: 25
  • Hamburg Area Historical Society: 5.5 mi
  • Reading Railroad Heritage Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Old Spokes Car Museum: 14.2 mi
  • The No. 9 Coal Mine & Museum: 14.2 mi
  • Summit Hill Historical Society: 14.4 mi
Artworks: 23
Nature reserves: 23
Gardens: 13
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 6
  • Swatara Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Un-named Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Lower Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Onoko Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Terrace Falls: 20.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 5
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 20.3 mi
  • Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 20.7 mi
  • Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 20.9 mi
  • Eagle Rock Beach: 21.6 mi
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 21.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Camp Apple Tree: 18.1 mi
  • Food Fest Grove: 24.0 mi
  • Carousel Grove: 24.1 mi
  • Parkside Pavillion: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Native Habitat Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bears HeadNNW 342°634 m15.7 mi
Blue HeadNNW 344°557 m17.5 mi
Round HeadNNW 346°556 m18.2 mi
Broad MountainNNE 26°549 m21.3 mi
Ashland MountainNW 304°530 m18.2 mi
Broad MountainNW 321°518 m13.0 mi
The PinnacleESE 110°498 m4.2 mi
Dans PulpitNE 53°497 m2.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3419:5820:39
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2515:5716:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293140516170757365534334
Precip in3.52.73.73.74.15.05.24.95.14.53.33.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hamburg, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Turkey Vulture115 obs
  • mountain laurel71 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk57 obs
  • Eastern Newt54 obs
  • great rhododendron54 obs
  • striped maple51 obs
  • Black Vulture48 obs
  • american witch-hazel47 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/8091029933

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