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Schreyer Garden

Schreyer Garden from directly overhead

Schreyer Garden is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 345 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the east-southeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Piglet Statue, a artwork 0.1 miles away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

Public garden on the campus of Penn State. Has a few benches within it and a grass center to enjoy a nice day.

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates40.79735, -77.85939

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Foundry Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sidney Friedman Park: 0.4 mi
  • East Fairmount Park: 0.5 mi
  • Park Ave Lower Intramural Fields: 0.8 mi
  • Upper Intramural Fields: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Nittany: 3.6 mi
  • Bald Knob: 5.1 mi
  • Rudy Ridge: 5.6 mi
  • Sand Knob: 5.9 mi
  • Little Flat: 6.3 mi
Springs: 31
  • Thompson Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Walnut Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Bathgate Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Windy Hill Farms Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Blue Spring: 3.5 mi
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 23
Nature reserves: 16
Gardens: 11
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Black Moshannon Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Kish park beach access: 19.8 mi
  • Beach access to Kish Creek: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 15.8 mi
  • Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 16.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Schreyer Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little FlatESE 120°738 m6.3 mi
Thickhead MountainESE 112°733 m9.4 mi
Big FlatSE 143°732 m6.5 mi
Broad MountainSE 142°726 m10.2 mi
Grass MountainSE 128°717 m8.8 mi
Broad MountainESE 114°716 m10.9 mi
Bear KnobNNW 342°713 m11.0 mi
Milligans KnobSE 129°711 m12.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4819:24
June solstice05:4120:0620:47
September equinox07:0018:3419:10
December solstice07:3316:0416:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937496068727063524132
Precip in2.92.53.43.53.64.13.84.23.93.53.03.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State College, under a mile away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,035 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,021 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail658 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly515 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk427 obs
  • American Robin384 obs
  • Western Honey Bee365 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee349 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/572756215

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