Urban Orchard
Urban Orchard is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 215 m. Pleasant Hill stands 495 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Sisters Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 1.3 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Sisters of Saint Joseph Neighborhood Network
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 25.1 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Three Sisters Park: 0.0 mi
- Ruby Schaaf Park: 0.1 mi
- Columbus Park: 0.4 mi
- Griswold Park: 0.5 mi
- Witherspoon Park: 0.7 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Charles Vernon Gridley Monument: 1.0 mi
- Oliver Hazard Perry Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Tibbals House: 1.2 mi
- Lafayette Visit: 1.2 mi
- Watson-Curtze Mansion: 0.9 mi
- Firefighters Historical Museum: 1.0 mi
- Old Customs House: 1.2 mi
- ExpERIEnce Childrens Museum: 1.2 mi
- Erie Maritime Museum: 1.5 mi
- Barracks Beach: 3.3 mi
- Beach 11: 3.3 mi
- Beach no.6: 3.3 mi
- Beach no.1: 3.4 mi
- Beach no.7 Waterworks: 3.5 mi
- Wintergreen Gorge: 5.1 mi
- Andrew J. Conner Nature Center: 5.7 mi
- Asbury Barn Recreation Center: 5.9 mi
- James Wildlife Preserve Mercyhurst University: 6.2 mi
- Brown's Farm Barn: 6.4 mi
- Light Center Ministries Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Little Italy Urban Farm: 0.1 mi
- 22nd & Parade Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Willow in Community Living Sculpture: 1.7 mi
- Crenshaw Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Oak Hill: 16.0 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 18.1 mi
- Gibson Hill: 18.1 mi
- Mackey Hill: 20.2 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 22.3 mi
- Fruits of Labor: 0.8 mi
- Schaefer's Auto Art: 5.4 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 5.5 mi
- Jon's Fish Statue: 24.1 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 0.5 mi
- USS Niagara: 1.6 mi
- Victorian Princess: 1.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 6.1 mi
- Howard Falls: 13.2 mi
- Rest Area: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Urban Orchard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill | SSE 156° | 495 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mackey Hill | SSE 159° | 488 m | 20.2 mi |
| Gibson Hill | SSW 193° | 470 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | S 179° | 454 m | 18.1 mi |
| Oak Hill | SE 146° | 433 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:56 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:18 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:07 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Erie Intl AP, 6 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee307 obs
- staghorn sumac116 obs
- Western Honey Bee94 obs
- bittersweet nightshade81 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel79 obs
- white clover79 obs
- common milkweed71 obs
- Mallard69 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/917465026
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