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Peace Garden

Peace Garden from directly overhead

Peace Garden is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 211 m. Clarks Knob stands 709 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 21 miles off.

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Coordinates40.04278, -77.53768

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Dykeman Park: 1.2 mi
  • Eckels Field: 1.2 mi
  • Shippensburg Township Park: 2.0 mi
  • Southampton Park: 3.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums: 29
Springs: 25
  • Tar Kettle Springs: 8.5 mi
  • Falling Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Cool Spring: 11.7 mi
  • The Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Bucher Spring: 12.7 mi
Artworks: 12
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bear Valley Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Pavillon 5: 16.5 mi
  • Pavillon 3: 16.5 mi
  • Pavillon 4: 16.5 mi
  • Pavillon 1: 16.5 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 21.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Peace Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clarks KnobW 273°709 m11.1 mi
Eckenrode KnobNNW 334°683 m13.4 mi
Fenton KnobNNW 346°664 m14.0 mi
Rising MountainNNW 332°662 m13.8 mi
Sherman MountainNNW 348°647 m12.5 mi
Price KnobNNW 342°646 m12.8 mi
Snowy MountainS 171°637 m14.6 mi
Methodist HillSSE 151°631 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:22
June solstice05:4220:0220:43
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:2916:0616:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303341536371767466554435
Precip in3.22.73.73.64.04.04.03.34.33.33.03.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shippensburg, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard15 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel12 obs
  • creeping thistle11 obs
  • red deadnettle10 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly10 obs
  • North American Wheel Bug9 obs
  • Carolina horsenettle9 obs
  • Japanese honeysuckle9 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/461423288

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