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Gridley Park

Gridley Park from directly overhead

Gridley Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Pleasant Hill stands 495 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Charles Vernon Gridley Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 0.4 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Erie

How to reach it

Coordinates42.12312, -80.10243

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Westerdahl Park: 0.2 mi
  • Barbara Nitkiewicz Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bayview Park: 0.4 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Park: 0.5 mi
  • Liberty Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 24
  • Charles Vernon Gridley Monument: 0.0 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • The Carrie T. Watson Garden Club Memorial Labyrinth: 1.0 mi
  • Oliver Hazard Perry Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Lafayette Visit: 1.1 mi
Museums: 18
Beaches: 18
Gardens: 8
Peaks: 5
Attractions: 3
Artworks: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area: 19.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pleasant HillSSE 155°495 m23.2 mi
Mackey HillSSE 157°488 m21.0 mi
Gibson HillS 190°470 m18.6 mi
Mount PleasantS 176°454 m18.7 mi
Oak HillSE 145°433 m16.9 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.

  • Mallard61 obs
  • Differential Grasshopper46 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull41 obs
  • common mugwort41 obs
  • Canada Goose40 obs
  • common milkweed40 obs
  • American pokeweed36 obs
  • red deadnettle36 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/905467467

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