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Prayer Garden

Prayer Garden from directly overhead

Prayer Garden is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 151 m. Big Lick Mountain stands 545 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Margie McNaughton Memorial Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.27493, -76.78993
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Margie McNaughton Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Kohl Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Kohl Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lingle Park: 0.9 mi
  • Earl Long Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Peaks: 52
Museums: 45
Artworks: 41
  • Cow Statue: 2.1 mi
  • Cow Statue: 2.1 mi
  • Cow Statue: 3.9 mi
  • The Gallery at Walnut Place: 4.9 mi
  • Boies Penrose Statue: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Gardens: 24
Picnic sites: 10
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 7.1 mi
  • Hemlock Grove: 14.4 mi
  • Quitte Creek Nature Park: 15.4 mi
  • Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
  • Rowland Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
Springs: 9
  • Spring Lake Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Eichelberger Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Spring Creek Springs: 8.4 mi
  • Orr's Bridge Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Pine Springs: 11.9 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Concrete Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Acrigg's Falls: 21.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Lick MountainNNE 26°545 m24.9 mi
Short MountainN 9°500 m21.5 mi
Stony MountainNNE 22°491 m14.5 mi
Third MountainN 354°488 m10.1 mi
Long MountainSW 233°479 m21.6 mi
Berry MountainN 354°435 m18.1 mi
Round TopNNE 16°422 m16.5 mi
Cove MountainWNW 289°419 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4319:19
June solstice05:3820:0020:41
September equinox06:5518:3019:06
December solstice07:2716:0216:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139516171757365534234
Precip in2.92.83.93.94.04.04.84.34.63.82.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg 1 NE, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Robin18 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly14 obs
  • white clover13 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander12 obs
  • red deadnettle11 obs
  • Western Honey Bee10 obs
  • common dandelion10 obs
  • multiflora rose10 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/731230435

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