Bartram's Garden
Bartram's Garden is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Water Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Route passes 6.8 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1891
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Blue Route
- 20.5 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 21.1 mi off the Exton Bypass
- 22.6 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Water Garden: 0.0 mi
- Common Flower Garden: 0.1 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 0.1 mi
- Ann Bartram Carr Garden: 0.1 mi
- Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram's Garden: 0.2 mi
- 56th Street Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Deritis Playground: 0.5 mi
- Bartram's North: 0.6 mi
- Fields at 58th and Elmwood: 0.6 mi
- 47th & Grays Ferry Park: 0.7 mi
- Newkirk Monument: 0.6 mi
- Gettysburg Stone: 1.2 mi
- Major General John Fulton Reynolds: 1.4 mi
- Benjamin Franklin (on a bench): 1.6 mi
- Stephen Girard: 1.7 mi
- Marvin Samson Center for the History of Pharmacy: 1.0 mi
- Hamilton Mansion: 1.1 mi
- Institute of Contemporary Art: 1.8 mi
- Paul Robeson House & Museum: 1.8 mi
- National Marian Anderson Museum: 2.1 mi
- Dickens and Little Nell: 1.2 mi
- Six Triangles: 1.4 mi
- Charles Curtis Harrison: 1.5 mi
- Pyramid: 1.5 mi
- Reverend George Whitefield: 1.5 mi
- American Bandstand: 1.9 mi
- One Liberty Observation Deck: 2.7 mi
- The Universal Sphere: 2.7 mi
- Rocky Steps: 2.8 mi
- Italian market: 2.9 mi
- Centennial Arboretum: 3.6 mi
- Cadwalader Tract: 5.6 mi
- Marple Conservation Area: 6.8 mi
- Williamson Road Site: 8.1 mi
- Black Rock Road Site: 8.3 mi
- Picnic Area #1: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 1.8 mi
- Bird Lake Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 3.9 mi
- Fairmount: 2.8 mi
- Lemon Hill: 3.0 mi
- Georges Hill: 3.7 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 10.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 10.5 mi
- Historical "Ancient Indian Spring": 6.4 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 13.8 mi
- Magnesium Spring: 24.5 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 24.6 mi
- Yellow Spring: 24.7 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 13.8 mi
- Wawa Truck Stop: 14.1 mi
- Deepwater Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 6.0 mi
- Monkey Rock: 13.1 mi
- Darling: 13.8 mi
- Washington Lake Beach: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bartram's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Rock Hill | WNW 303° | 188 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Misery | NW 308° | 176 m | 17.7 mi |
| Ebright Azimuth | WSW 248° | 137 m | 17.6 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | N 1° | 136 m | 10.1 mi |
| Hunting Hill | W 279° | 125 m | 12.8 mi |
| Osborne Hill | W 269° | 113 m | 21.0 mi |
| Militia Hill | N 355° | 104 m | 13.1 mi |
| Camp Hill | N 3° | 104 m | 13.6 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 | 15:57 | 16:40 |
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, 3 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly330 obs
- Paper mulberry326 obs
- American Robin324 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee267 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel263 obs
- House Sparrow262 obs
- Gray Catbird245 obs
- White-throated Sparrow206 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/206639847
Day trips start here
- Philadelphia/Center City West · 2 mi
- Philadelphia/South · 2 mi
- Lansdowne · 3 mi
- Philadelphia · 3 mi
- Philadelphia/Center City East · 3 mi
- Philadelphia/West · 3 mi
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