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Italian Lake Park

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Italian Lake Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Short Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dance of Eternal Spring, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.29331, -76.90099

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gorgas Playground: 0.6 mi
  • 7th & Radnor Sports Park: 0.6 mi
  • 4th & Emerald Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Camp Curtin Park: 0.9 mi
  • Braxton Playground: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 56
Artworks: 41
  • Dance of Eternal Spring: 0.0 mi
  • Andrew Curtin statue: 0.9 mi
  • John F. Hartranft Statue: 2.3 mi
  • Circle of Peace: 2.3 mi
  • The Gallery at Walnut Place: 2.4 mi
Gardens: 24
Nature reserves: 22
Springs: 10
  • Eichelberger Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Orr's Bridge Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Spring Lake Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Pine Springs: 9.4 mi
  • Spring Creek Springs: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 12.9 mi
  • Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
  • Rowland Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
  • Hemlock Grove: 18.4 mi
  • Quitte Creek Nature Park: 20.9 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Concrete Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Short MountainNNE 25°500 m22.0 mi
Stony MountainNE 43°491 m16.6 mi
Third MountainNNE 29°488 m10.0 mi
Buck Ridge TowerSW 232°488 m24.5 mi
Long MountainSW 219°479 m18.2 mi
Hammonds RocksSW 230°462 m24.1 mi
Mount HollySW 230°459 m20.9 mi
Berry MountainNNE 13°435 m17.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:3920:0120:42
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:2816:0216:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139516171757365534234
Precip in2.92.83.93.94.04.04.84.34.63.82.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg 1 NE, 2 mi away.

  • Great Egret111 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird94 obs
  • Green Frog87 obs
  • Painted Turtle85 obs
  • Canada Goose78 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly76 obs
  • American Bullfrog75 obs
  • swamp rose mallow75 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/5151996

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