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Core Creek Park

Core Creek Park from directly overhead

Core Creek Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Rock Hill stands 256 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Organic Garden, a garden 1.2 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 5.4 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates40.19996, -74.91758

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Organic Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Communtiy Garden: 7.1 mi
  • West End Community Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Prospect Street Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Serenity Garden: 7.8 mi
Parks
  • Tareyton Park: 1.2 mi
  • Big Meadow Park: 1.4 mi
  • Mayor's Park: 1.6 mi
  • Middletown Town Community Park: 1.7 mi
  • Langhorne Community Park: 1.7 mi
Attractions
  • Vapor Trail: 2.6 mi
  • Flyin' Fish: 2.6 mi
  • Blast Off: 2.6 mi
  • Elmo's Cloud Chaser: 2.6 mi
  • Tyler Park Equipment Rental: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
  • Playwicki Farm Historic Monument: 3.4 mi
  • Neshaminy Falls Park: 4.1 mi
  • Lafayette Cemetery Memorial Plaque: 4.8 mi
  • Martin Moister estate: 6.0 mi
  • Ronaldson's Cemetery Memorial: 7.0 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 43
  • Jericho Mountain: 7.2 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Strawberry Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Bowman Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Fairless Landfill: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 30
  • Shaded Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 4.4 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 7.0 mi
  • Alumni Grove: 8.9 mi
  • Student Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Old Quarry: 10.3 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 10.6 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 19.1 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Gold Run: 6.7 mi
  • High Falls: 17.4 mi
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock HillNW 306°256 m24.5 mi
Plumstead HillNW 322°174 m15.4 mi
Sourland MountainNNE 29°171 m21.0 mi
Buckingham MountainNW 321°158 m10.3 mi
Baldpate MountainNNE 15°146 m9.3 mi
Strawberry HillN 8°143 m8.6 mi
Solebury MountainNNW 341°142 m10.0 mi
Goat HillN 354°138 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3119:5220:33
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1915:5416:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516171767467554435
Precip in3.73.14.64.04.04.64.94.74.74.23.64.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Neshaminy Falls, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Blue Heron3,106 obs
  • Great Egret1,726 obs
  • White-tailed Deer1,702 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird1,647 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant1,466 obs
  • Osprey1,449 obs
  • Bald Eagle1,259 obs
  • Mallard1,116 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/517415324

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