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City Island

City Island from directly overhead

City Island is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 93 m. Short Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Harrisburg Giants mural, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates40.25546, -76.88889
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Negley Park: 0.6 mi
  • Capitol Park: 0.6 mi
  • Negley Park: 0.6 mi
  • Schell Park: 0.6 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 57
Artworks: 41
  • Harrisburg Giants mural: 0.2 mi
  • Boies Penrose Statue: 0.6 mi
  • John F. Hartranft Statue: 0.6 mi
  • The Gallery at Walnut Place: 0.7 mi
  • Andrew Curtin statue: 1.9 mi
Museums: 38
Gardens: 24
  • Sunken Gardens: 0.9 mi
  • GUI Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Heart of the Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Peffer Street Pollinator Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Joshua Farm: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves: 21
Springs: 11
  • Eichelberger Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Spring Lake Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Orr's Bridge Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Pine Springs: 12.0 mi
  • Spring Creek Springs: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 12.5 mi
  • Hemlock Grove: 19.3 mi
  • Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
  • Rowland Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
  • Quitte Creek Nature Park: 20.8 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Concrete Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Short MountainNNE 21°500 m24.2 mi
Stony MountainNE 36°491 m18.2 mi
Third MountainNNE 20°488 m12.1 mi
Buck Ridge TowerWSW 238°488 m23.5 mi
Long MountainSW 226°479 m16.7 mi
Hammonds RocksSW 236°462 m23.0 mi
Mount HollyWSW 237°459 m19.8 mi
Berry MountainN 10°435 m19.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:3920:0020:41
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:2716:0216:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139516171757365534234
Precip in2.92.83.93.94.04.04.84.34.63.82.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg 1 NE, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee86 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly78 obs
  • Groundhog72 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee50 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron43 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle43 obs
  • Mourning Dove42 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee40 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/4415710

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