- Elevation, modelled
- 88 m
- Tallest summit within 17.4 miles
- Pulpit Rock467 m · 16.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- Route 419 Scenic Byway13.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:38local time
- Coordinates
- 40.3579, -75.9475
Glenside Playground is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled 88 m. Pulpit Rock stands 467 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Baer Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Glenside Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulpit Rock | N 3° | 467 m | 16.5 mi |
| Eagle Peak | W 264° | 396 m | 12.6 mi |
| Topton Mountain | ENE 59° | 378 m | 16.2 mi |
| Mount Penn | ESE 108° | 342 m | 2.5 mi |
| Church Hill | E 82° | 332 m | 5.7 mi |
| Long Hill | E 93° | 332 m | 13.0 mi |
| Fancy Hill | E 100° | 331 m | 13.0 mi |
| Deer Path Hill | ENE 64° | 326 m | 3.7 mi |
- 13.2 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
- 27.4 mi off the Exton Bypass
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Baer Park: 0.7 mi
- Keffer Park: 0.9 mi
- 3rd and Spring Playground: 1.0 mi
- Pioneer Grove: 1.0 mi
- 2nd & Oley: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
- Ruined Foundation: 1.7 mi
- Fraternal Order of Police Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Anchor from the U.S.S. Maine: 2.2 mi
- Reading Police Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Volunteer Firemen's Memorial: 2.3 mi
Peaks
- Mount Penn: 2.5 mi
- Slate Hill: 3.2 mi
- Dengler Hill: 3.4 mi
- Deer Path Hill: 3.7 mi
- Neversink Mountain: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Slate Hill Open Space: 3.3 mi
- Neversink Mountain Preserve: 3.5 mi
- State Game Lands Number 324: 3.8 mi
- Bob's Woods at Earl Poole Sanctuary: 4.8 mi
- Seidel Hill Tract: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 40
- Peace Rock: 2.4 mi
- Raggedy Ann's Ice Cream Shop: 11.1 mi
- Twas the Night Before Christmas: 11.1 mi
- Ye Olde Church: 11.1 mi
- Christmas in Other Lands: 11.1 mi
Museums: 39
- Berks History Center: 0.9 mi
- Reeser House Visitor Center: 1.9 mi
- Mid-Atlantic Air Museum: 2.0 mi
- Reading Science Center: 2.0 mi
- Reading Public Museum: 2.1 mi
Artworks: 20
- Lion Shrine: 1.4 mi
- Der Distelfink Statue: 1.9 mi
- Sculpture Plaza: 1.9 mi
- Ruins XXVII: 1.9 mi
- Boy with Gulls: 2.1 mi
Gardens: 16
- The Labyrinth Garden: 1.5 mi
- Salad & Herb Garden: 1.9 mi
- Doctor's Grove: 2.0 mi
- Three Sisters Garden: 2.1 mi
- Trudy's Garden: 2.2 mi
Springs: 14
- Mammoth Spring: 1.7 mi
- Geiles Spring: 4.9 mi
- Springs of Punches Run: 5.8 mi
- Peters Creek Spring: 7.8 mi
- Bethany Childrens Home Spring: 12.3 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- Picnic Grove: 9.2 mi
- White Oak Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Sweinhart Pavilion: 16.1 mi
- Red Rock Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Sunfish Pond Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Pinnacle Point: 12.1 mi
- Millers Point: 13.9 mi
- Peace Rock: 15.4 mi
- Old Quarry Pit: 17.6 mi
- Round Head: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Fricks Locks Historic District: 20.7 mi
- Milford Mills: 23.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:58 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading Rgnl AP, 1 mi away.
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