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Columbus Park

Columbus Park from directly overhead

Columbus Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 213 m. Pleasant Hill stands 495 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Light Center Ministries Community Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 0.9 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
213 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Erie

How to reach it

Coordinates42.11487, -80.09447

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 24
  • Charles Vernon Gridley Monument: 0.7 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Oliver Hazard Perry Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Lafayette Visit: 1.3 mi
  • The Carrie T. Watson Garden Club Memorial Labyrinth: 1.3 mi
Museums: 18
Beaches: 18
Gardens: 8
Peaks: 5
Artworks: 4
  • Fruits of Labor: 1.1 mi
  • Schaefer's Auto Art: 5.3 mi
  • Nittany Lion Shrine: 5.9 mi
  • Jon's Fish Statue: 24.5 mi
Attractions: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area: 19.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pleasant HillSSE 155°495 m22.5 mi
Mackey HillSSE 158°488 m20.4 mi
Gibson HillSSW 192°470 m18.1 mi
Mount PleasantS 178°454 m18.1 mi
Oak HillSE 145°433 m16.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5619:33
June solstice05:4520:1821:01
September equinox07:0818:4319:20
December solstice07:4616:0716:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282936475968737265544434
Precip in3.42.53.13.53.53.73.33.44.34.43.84.2

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

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee203 obs
  • Mallard69 obs
  • Differential Grasshopper65 obs
  • ribwort plantain58 obs
  • Western Honey Bee51 obs
  • American pokeweed49 obs
  • common mugwort49 obs
  • common milkweed48 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/650401579

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