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The Garden of Weedin

The Garden of Weedin from directly overhead

The Garden of Weedin is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Bake Oven Knob stands 483 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Dam No. 6, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Delaware River Valley passes 18 miles off.

What to expect

Access
unknown

How to reach it

Coordinates40.65958, -75.48478

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Dam No. 6: 0.1 mi
  • Catasauqua Veterans Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Colonel John Siegfried Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Allentown: 2.9 mi
  • Mayor Samuel McHose Monument: 3.6 mi
Parks
  • Eb-Water: 0.4 mi
  • Hokendauqua Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Hokendauqua Park and Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Thomas Iron Works Property: 0.5 mi
  • Candy Cane Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Dragon Cement Co. Inc. No 1: 4.2 mi
  • Cedar Creek Cannonball: 6.0 mi
  • Thunder Canyon: 6.0 mi
  • Speed Slides: 6.0 mi
  • Aqua Racer: 6.0 mi
Museums: 53
Gardens: 26
  • Jordan Creek Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Wire Mill Arboretum: 4.4 mi
  • Malcolm W. Gross Rose Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Louise W. Dimmick Colonial Garden: 5.4 mi
  • The Tree of Life Memorial Grove: 5.4 mi
Artworks: 19
  • Early Settlers Statue: 1.8 mi
  • Court Street Arts Alley: 4.0 mi
  • Arts Walk Hamilton Connector: 4.0 mi
  • Victor's Lament: 4.5 mi
  • John Amos Comenius Monument: 5.8 mi
Springs: 14
  • Helfrichs Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Lehigh Park Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Poorhouse Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Stempa Spring: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Picinic Table (C): 5.5 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 5.6 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 5.6 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 5.6 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 13.7 mi
  • Wild Creek Falls: 16.4 mi
  • High Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Old Mill Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 6
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 8.7 mi
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 9.4 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 16.6 mi
  • Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 19.3 mi
  • Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area: 5.5 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 12.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of The Garden of Weedin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bake Oven KnobWNW 295°483 m14.4 mi
Bears RocksWNW 290°475 m15.3 mi
Gap HillSSW 211°349 m15.3 mi
Bauer RockSSE 159°317 m7.0 mi
Sandstone RidgeNW 305°311 m7.3 mi
Flint HillSE 141°308 m11.5 mi
Gaffney HillE 101°308 m12.3 mi
KirchbergESE 119°305 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3219:5620:37
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2315:5516:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303241526271767466554435
Precip in3.32.83.63.73.64.45.34.64.84.13.23.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allentown Lehigh VLY Intl AP, 2 mi away.

  • American Robin11 obs
  • White-tailed Deer10 obs
  • Monarch10 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle10 obs
  • Northern Cardinal7 obs
  • American pokeweed7 obs
  • garlic mustard7 obs
  • Turkey Vulture6 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/746161938

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