Owen's Garden
Owen's Garden is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Stony Mountain stands 491 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Beverly Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Owen's Garden Planted in memory of Owen Lentz
How to reach it
- 25.8 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Bicentennial Plaza Dedication: 0.5 mi
- Willow Park Tree Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Oliver Rosenberg Memorial Pavilion: 2.3 mi
- Sons of Italy Columbus Garden: 2.4 mi
- PennDOT Workers' Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Indian Echo Caverns: 11.5 mi
- Dellville Covered Bridge: 12.7 mi
- Hershey's Chocolate World: 14.8 mi
- Candymonium: 14.8 mi
- Carrousel: 14.9 mi
- Beverly Park: 0.0 mi
- Schaeffer Park: 0.2 mi
- Eisenhower Playing Field: 0.6 mi
- Siebert Park: 0.7 mi
- FIALA Playing Fields: 0.9 mi
- Shepherd: 5.2 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 5.3 mi
- Steam Engine Hill: 8.4 mi
- Pinetown Hill: 8.8 mi
- Flat Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Lion Statue: 0.6 mi
- River Cow: 1.0 mi
- Harrisburg Giants mural: 2.5 mi
- Circle of Peace: 2.5 mi
- John F. Hartranft Statue: 3.0 mi
- Historic Harrisburg Association: 3.0 mi
- State Museum of Pennsylvania: 3.0 mi
- Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts: 3.0 mi
- Susquehanna Art Museum: 3.0 mi
- Pennsylvania National Fire Museum: 3.2 mi
- Camp Hill Literacy Garden: 0.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.4 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 2.8 mi
- GUI Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Peffer Street Pollinator Garden: 3.2 mi
- Peiffer Memorial Arboretum and Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
- McCormick Island: 4.5 mi
- Hamer Woodlands at Cove Mountain Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Fort Hunter Conservancy: 8.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 275: 9.4 mi
- Orr's Bridge Spring: 1.0 mi
- Eichelberger Spring: 1.2 mi
- Spring Lake Spring: 1.4 mi
- Pine Springs: 13.1 mi
- Letort Spring: 14.3 mi
- Original Carrousel Circle: 15.0 mi
- Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Hemlock Grove: 21.7 mi
- Rowland Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Concrete Beach: 2.4 mi
- Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Owen's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Mountain | NE 40° | 491 m | 20.3 mi |
| Third Mountain | NNE 28° | 488 m | 13.9 mi |
| Buck Ridge Tower | SW 236° | 488 m | 21.1 mi |
| Long Mountain | SW 222° | 479 m | 14.4 mi |
| Hammonds Rocks | SW 234° | 462 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Holly | SW 235° | 459 m | 17.4 mi |
| Welch Hill | WNW 282° | 432 m | 19.9 mi |
| Cove Mountain | NW 313° | 419 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:02 | 16:46 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 51 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg 1 NE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7184591322
Day trips start here
- York · 22 mi
- Wrightsville · 26 mi
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