Shippensburg University Campus Farm
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Shippensburg University Campus Farm is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Clarks Knob stands 709 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Auditorium, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Shippensburg University Green League
How to reach it
- 20.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Memorial Auditorium: 0.3 mi
- Shippensburg University Coordinates: 0.4 mi
- Camp Michaux: 9.5 mi
- big spring bulldog 2: 10.4 mi
- Big spring Bulldog: 10.5 mi
- Shippensburg Township Park: 0.4 mi
- Eckels Field: 0.5 mi
- Dykeman Park: 1.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
- Southampton Park: 1.9 mi
- Timber Hill: 2.5 mi
- Long Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Tobacco Patch Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Poke Hill: 6.1 mi
- Stony Knob: 6.2 mi
- The Fashion Archives at Shippensburg University: 0.5 mi
- Conrail Museum: 0.6 mi
- Cumberland Valley Railroad Museum: 0.6 mi
- Appalachian Trail Museum: 11.3 mi
- National Apple Museum: 16.6 mi
- Tar Kettle Springs: 7.9 mi
- Cool Spring: 10.0 mi
- Bucher Spring: 11.2 mi
- Falling Spring: 11.8 mi
- The Spring: 12.1 mi
- Votive 8: 0.4 mi
- Mouse Rock Statue: 0.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Founding Father's Memorial Statue: 11.5 mi
- Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 15.3 mi
- Bear Valley Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Pavillon 5: 15.9 mi
- Pavillon 3: 15.9 mi
- Pavillon 1: 15.9 mi
- Pavillon 4: 15.9 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 10.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 76: 12.0 mi
- Frank E. Masland, Jr. Natural Area: 13.3 mi
- Hemlocks Natural Area: 14.2 mi
- Peace Garden: 1.7 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 13.3 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 15.2 mi
- West Locust Community Garden: 19.7 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 15.0 mi
- Clermont Crag: 22.6 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 22.2 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 22.4 mi
- Tartown: 17.0 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 22.2 mi
- Beach Front: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Shippensburg University Campus Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Knob | W 267° | 709 m | 12.3 mi |
| Eckenrode Knob | NNW 327° | 683 m | 12.9 mi |
| Fenton Knob | NNW 340° | 664 m | 13.1 mi |
| Rising Mountain | NW 325° | 662 m | 13.3 mi |
| Little Round Top | NNW 332° | 651 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sherman Mountain | NNW 341° | 647 m | 11.6 mi |
| Price Knob | NNW 335° | 646 m | 12.0 mi |
| Methodist Hill | SSE 164° | 631 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:02 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:05 | 16:48 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shippensburg, under a mile away.
- Mallard16 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly14 obs
- red deadnettle13 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel12 obs
- North American Wheel Bug12 obs
- garlic mustard12 obs
- creeping thistle12 obs
- wineberry12 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1270942113
Day trips start here
- Chambersburg · 12 mi
- Gettysburg · 22 mi
- Mercersburg · 26 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 29 mi
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