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Alverthorpe Park

Alverthorpe Park from directly overhead

Alverthorpe Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Rock Hill stands 256 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Area B, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Blue Route passes 8.9 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Abington Township
Access
residents

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.08916, -75.11231

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Abington Art Center: 0.3 mi
  • Ethel M. Jordan Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Meeting House Park: 0.5 mi
  • Foxchase Manor Park: 0.8 mi
  • Scott Park: 1.1 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Fruit garden: 1.2 mi
  • Meadowbrook Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Laverock Road Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Fisher Park Roots Garden: 3.3 mi
  • MLK High School Farm: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Jenkintown Sign: 1.3 mi
  • Waterman Mansion Site: 1.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Burholme WWI Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Grey Towers Castle: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks: 44
  • Chestnut Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Camp Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Fort Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Militia Hill: 6.8 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Area B: 0.2 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 0.2 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 0.2 mi
  • Picnic Area #3: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Monkey Rock: 14.3 mi
  • Old Quarry: 20.0 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 20.3 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 24.4 mi
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Gold Run: 19.5 mi
  • High Falls: 24.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Washington Lake Beach: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alverthorpe Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock HillNNW 337°256 m24.1 mi
Diamond Rock HillW 268°188 m21.0 mi
Mount MiseryW 270°176 m19.2 mi
Plumstead HillN 2°174 m19.7 mi
Buckingham MountainNNE 13°158 m16.1 mi
Spring MountainNW 305°151 m21.9 mi
Baldpate MountainNE 37°146 m20.9 mi
Strawberry HillNE 35°143 m19.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3219:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:2015:5616:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744556474797770584839
Precip in3.32.64.03.83.63.94.34.24.53.63.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NE Phila AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird642 obs
  • Song Sparrow155 obs
  • Northern Cardinal141 obs
  • American Robin139 obs
  • House Sparrow129 obs
  • Mourning Dove125 obs
  • Gray Catbird124 obs
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker115 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/45578382

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