Francisville Playground
Francisville Playground is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring Garden Community Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Blue Route passes 8.8 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Blue Route
- 22.6 mi off the Exton Bypass
- 23.1 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 26.0 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 27 mi
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 28 mi
- South Overlook · 29 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spring Garden Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Corinthian Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Girard Garden at the Berean Institute: 0.3 mi
- Guild House West Senior Garden: 0.5 mi
- Lemon Ridge Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Clemente Park & Playground: 0.2 mi
- Francisville Community Park: 0.3 mi
- Stiles Street Play Lot: 0.4 mi
- Ingersoll Park: 0.5 mi
- Matthias Baldwin Park: 0.5 mi
- Thomas Eakins: 0.2 mi
- Robert Purvis: 0.3 mi
- Baldwin Locomotive Works: 0.5 mi
- Frank N. Piasecki (1919-2008): 0.6 mi
- Joan of Arc: 0.7 mi
- Eastern State Penitentiary: 0.3 mi
- Carpenters Museum: 0.4 mi
- Founder's Hall Museum: 0.4 mi
- Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art: 0.5 mi
- Rodin Museum: 0.6 mi
- The Tree of Life: 0.4 mi
- Lifelong Learning: 0.6 mi
- The Gates of Hell: 0.6 mi
- Video Arbor: 0.6 mi
- Iroquois: 0.6 mi
- Rocky Steps: 0.7 mi
- Philly Gun Range: 0.8 mi
- The Universal Sphere: 1.0 mi
- One Liberty Observation Deck: 1.1 mi
- Reading Terminal: 1.1 mi
- Centennial Arboretum: 2.6 mi
- Cadwalader Tract: 6.6 mi
- Upper Roxborough Reservoir Park: 7.2 mi
- Schuykill Center for Environmental Education: 7.6 mi
- Williamson Road Site: 7.8 mi
- Bird Lake Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 1.7 mi
- Van R. Thomas Memorial Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 2.7 mi
- Fairmount: 0.8 mi
- Lemon Hill: 1.2 mi
- Georges Hill: 3.2 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 7.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 8.4 mi
- Historical "Ancient Indian Spring": 6.2 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 14.5 mi
- Kerr Spring: 23.8 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 13.7 mi
- Wawa Truck Stop: 15.1 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 9.2 mi
- Monkey Rock: 13.3 mi
- Washington Lake Beach: 16.3 mi
- Darling: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Francisville Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Rock Hill | WNW 293° | 188 m | 19.6 mi |
| Mount Misery | WNW 297° | 176 m | 18.3 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | NNE 15° | 158 m | 24.9 mi |
| Ebright Azimuth | WSW 244° | 137 m | 20.8 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NNW 344° | 136 m | 7.9 mi |
| Hunting Hill | W 268° | 125 m | 15.0 mi |
| Osborne Hill | W 263° | 113 m | 23.5 mi |
| Militia Hill | NNW 341° | 104 m | 11.0 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 | 15:56 | 16:39 |
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, under a mile away.
- House Sparrow1,236 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly887 obs
- White-throated Sparrow796 obs
- Ovenbird698 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel635 obs
- American Robin625 obs
- Common Yellowthroat550 obs
- Rock Pigeon542 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/706543045
Day trips start here
- Philadelphia · 1 mi
- Philadelphia/Center City East · 1 mi
- Philadelphia/Center City West · 1 mi
- Philadelphia/Northwest · 2 mi
- Philadelphia/Old City · 2 mi
- Philadelphia/West · 2 mi
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