R. N, Davis Memorial Garden
R. N, Davis Memorial Garden is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 293 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is The "Pioneer" marker, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Governor Casey Byway passes 2.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1935
What to expect
- Operated by
- Scranton Municipal Recreation Authority
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
- 16.6 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 17.5 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Bear Cage: 0.2 mi
- Royal Courts at DeNaples Fields: 0.5 mi
- DeNaples Fields: 0.5 mi
- Duffy Park: 0.5 mi
- East Scranton Field: 0.5 mi
- Coon Hill: 2.8 mi
- Montage Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Baby Bell: 4.7 mi
- West Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Bald Mountain: 5.3 mi
- The "Pioneer" marker: 0.1 mi
- WWI Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Battleship Maine Monument: 0.1 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Dedication: 0.1 mi
- Jerry Tomasetti Monument: 0.1 mi
- Montage Mountain Wildflower Sanctuary: 5.1 mi
- Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Rabbit Hollow Wildlife Sanctuary: 8.7 mi
- Waverly Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Tundra Tornado: 3.5 mi
- Iceberg Alley Luge: 3.7 mi
- Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 8.0 mi
- The Mary Stegmaier Mansion: 16.7 mi
- Tunkhannock Viaduct: 16.9 mi
- Everhart Museum: 0.1 mi
- Everhart Museum: 0.1 mi
- George H. Catlin Memorial House: 0.8 mi
- MARINE CORPS LEAGUE: 0.9 mi
- Civil War Museum: 1.1 mi
- Jacob and the Angel Sculpture: 0.7 mi
- Metanoia: 0.7 mi
- Christ the Teacher Sculpture: 0.8 mi
- Jason Miller: 1.1 mi
- Faith - Hope - Love Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Nay Aug Falls: 0.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Falls: 6.0 mi
- Salvatore Falls: 11.4 mi
- Choke Creek Falls: 16.0 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 17.0 mi
- Freedom Garden: 0.1 mi
- Upper Quad: 0.7 mi
- Lower Quad: 0.7 mi
- Mulberry Plaza: 0.8 mi
- Prayer Garden: 1.2 mi
- Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 15.4 mi
- Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 18.5 mi
- Deer Beach: 19.4 mi
- Tall Timber Beach: 20.9 mi
- Gravel Beach: 23.3 mi
- The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 8.4 mi
- Campbell's Ledge: 8.4 mi
- Devil's Elbow: 22.2 mi
- Ridgefield Point: 23.9 mi
- Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 13.6 mi
- Horeshoe picnic grove: 18.1 mi
- Willow picnic grove: 18.1 mi
- Robin Cove Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Sand Spring: 14.8 mi
- Pocono Spring: 15.2 mi
- Octave Spring: 16.5 mi
- Bill Warner Spring: 18.3 mi
- Roadside Rest: 19.0 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 22.1 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of R. N, Davis Memorial Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pine Hill | S 178° | 690 m | 11.5 mi |
| Salem Hill | NE 43° | 686 m | 14.1 mi |
| Pinnacle Rock | WNW 288° | 685 m | 5.9 mi |
| Pinnacle Rock | WNW 290° | 681 m | 6.0 mi |
| Big Shiney Mountain | S 186° | 664 m | 9.1 mi |
| Panther Hill | S 171° | 662 m | 10.0 mi |
| West Mountain | NW 322° | 659 m | 4.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSW 205° | 658 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:58 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:52 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilkes-barre/scranton Intl AP, 6 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly53 obs
- Japanese knotweed51 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel43 obs
- bittersweet nightshade34 obs
- garlic mustard34 obs
- white snakeroot34 obs
- common mugwort33 obs
- tree-of-heaven32 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/45056732
Day trips start here
- Dunmore · 1 mi
- Scranton · 1 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 5 mi
- Clarks Summit · 7 mi
- Factoryville · 13 mi
- Sterling · 13 mi
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