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Crystal Park

Crystal Park from directly overhead

Crystal Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Eagle Peak stands 396 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Rodney Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.03690, -76.31719

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rodney Park: 0.2 mi
  • Farnum Park: 0.5 mi
  • Steinman Park: 0.6 mi
  • Art Park: 0.6 mi
  • Binns Park: 0.6 mi
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 40
Peaks: 35
  • Chestnut Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Red Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Oak Hill: 10.1 mi
Artworks: 33
  • Transcending Flesh: 0.5 mi
  • Steinman Statue: 0.6 mi
  • Kids With Balloons: 3.9 mi
  • Reading At Pondside: 4.0 mi
  • William Penn: 4.0 mi
Gardens: 14
Picnic sites: 11
  • Trestle Trail Picnic Site: 1.9 mi
  • Boy Scout Pavilion: 8.3 mi
  • Bortz Pavilion: 8.3 mi
  • Leaman Place Junction: 11.1 mi
  • Penryn Church Grove: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
Springs: 9
  • Lititz Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Donegal Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Black Rock Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Schaefferstown Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Black Barren Spring: 21.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 16.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakNNE 18°396 m22.0 mi
Governor Dick HillNNW 333°350 m16.2 mi
Spring HillNNW 340°331 m15.4 mi
Cushion PeakNE 35°320 m22.5 mi
Welsh MountainENE 75°313 m21.3 mi
Eagle RockN 360°306 m14.2 mi
Silver HillENE 61°283 m21.0 mi
Round TopWNW 303°281 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:17
June solstice05:3719:5820:38
September equinox06:5418:2819:04
December solstice07:2416:0116:44

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341536271767467554436
Precip in3.02.53.53.53.64.14.53.64.84.23.33.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster 2 NE Filt PLT, 2 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly107 obs
  • Monarch49 obs
  • American pokeweed41 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle39 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee39 obs
  • Red Admiral35 obs
  • lesser celandine35 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel33 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/82223540

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