Cedar Grove
Cedar Grove is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Smith Memorial Arch, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Blue Route passes 6.9 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Cedar Grove Mansion, located in west Fairmount Park, was the summer residence for five generations of Philadelphia families. The house was built as a rural retreat from city life, and was originally located within the present day Frankford neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, about 4 mi (6.4 km) beyond the colonial-era city limits. In 1746, Elizabeth Coates Paschall purchased the property on which the house was subsequently built. Paschall was a widow with three children who had inherited her husband's dry goods business and desired a rural retreat from the city near her father's farm in Frankford. Construction of the grey stone house on a plot of 15 acres (6.1 ha) along Frankford Road began in 1748 and continued to 1750. Additions were made by Paschall and succeeding generations. A granddaughter named Sarah inherited the house, married Isaac Wistar Morris in 1795, and doubled the size of Cedar Grove with more rooms and a third floor. A wraparound porch was added later. Various architectural styles such as Baroque, Rococo, and Federal are evident in the interior rooms. Lydia Thompson Morris, the last of the family to own Cedar Grove, gave the house and original furniture to the city of Philadelphia in 1926. The house was then moved from the Frankford neighborhood to Fairmount Park in 1926–28. The Philadelphia Museum of Art administers the house and has kept it fully furnished with period furniture passed down by generations of the Morris family. Guided tours of the house are available through the Art Museum. Cedar Grove is registered on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places and is an inventoried structure within the Fairmount Park Historic District entry on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Dates from 1748.
Wikidata Q48797974, matched on coordinates and name (3 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 11.27 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Blue Route
- 20.6 mi off the Exton Bypass
- 21.2 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 25.5 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 26 mi
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 28 mi
- South Overlook · 29 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Smith Memorial Arch: 0.2 mi
- George and Meta Conor-Wood Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Pavilion in the Trees: 0.3 mi
- John B. Kelly: 0.5 mi
- The Cliffs: 0.5 mi
- Alexander von Humboldt: 0.2 mi
- Major General George Gordon Meade: 0.2 mi
- Saint George and the Dragon: 0.3 mi
- Playing Angels: 0.3 mi
- Joseph Haydn: 0.3 mi
- Please Touch Museum: 0.2 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 0.4 mi
- Ormiston Mansion: 0.8 mi
- New Africa Center: 0.8 mi
- The John Coltrane House: 0.8 mi
- East Parkside Tot Lot: 0.5 mi
- Clayborn and Lewis Playground: 0.5 mi
- Philadelphia Stars Negro League Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- God is Great Park: 0.6 mi
- Glendinning Rock Garden: 0.7 mi
- Shofuso Japanese House and Garden: 0.5 mi
- Pennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge: 0.6 mi
- WildWorks Ropes Course: 0.6 mi
- Discovery Center at East Park Reservoir: 0.7 mi
- American Bandstand: 1.5 mi
- Centennial Arboretum: 0.5 mi
- Cadwalader Tract: 4.6 mi
- Upper Roxborough Reservoir Park: 5.7 mi
- Williamson Road Site: 5.7 mi
- Schuykill Center for Environmental Education: 6.0 mi
- Mantua Peace Garden: 0.9 mi
- East Park Revitalization Alliance Cowboy Garden: 1.0 mi
- Spiritual Harvest Garden: 1.0 mi
- Mill Creek Farm: 1.2 mi
- Aspen Farm: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Area 4: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 0.8 mi
- Bird Lake Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 0.8 mi
- Lemon Hill: 1.0 mi
- Georges Hill: 1.1 mi
- Fairmount: 1.5 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 6.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 7.2 mi
- Historical "Ancient Indian Spring": 4.2 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 12.4 mi
- Kerr Spring: 23.4 mi
- Magnesium Spring: 23.5 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 23.6 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 11.7 mi
- Wawa Truck Stop: 16.6 mi
- Deepwater Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 9.3 mi
- Monkey Rock: 11.2 mi
- Darling: 15.0 mi
- Washington Lake Beach: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cedar Grove. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Rock Hill | WNW 293° | 188 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount Misery | WNW 298° | 176 m | 16.2 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | NNE 20° | 158 m | 24.8 mi |
| Spring Mountain | NNW 327° | 151 m | 23.9 mi |
| Ebright Azimuth | WSW 239° | 137 m | 19.4 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | N 359° | 136 m | 6.8 mi |
| Hunting Hill | W 264° | 125 m | 13.1 mi |
| Osborne Hill | W 260° | 113 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:56 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phila Franklin Inst, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/356324418
Day trips start here
- Philadelphia/Northwest · 1 mi
- Philadelphia/West · 1 mi
- Philadelphia/Center City West · 2 mi
- Philadelphia · 3 mi
- Philadelphia/Center City East · 3 mi
- Narberth · 4 mi
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