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Kay Park

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Kay Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Happy Hollow Recreation Center, a park 0.1 miles away. Blue Route passes 8.5 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.02201, -75.16651

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Tippi and Tula's Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Hansberry Garden & Nature Center: 0.4 mi
  • Penn Knox Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Grumblethorpe Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • Old Tennis Court Farm: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Market Square War Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Wakefield Tenant House Ruins: 1.1 mi
  • Battle of Germantown Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Joseph Huston (1866-1940): 1.1 mi
  • American War Mother and Her Sons: 1.1 mi
Artworks
  • John Wister Statue: 1.1 mi
  • Sun Ra Mosaic: 1.1 mi
  • Children at Play: 1.2 mi
  • Ram Statue: 1.5 mi
  • Healing Wall Mural: 1.9 mi
Attractions
  • Laurel Hill Cemetery Gatehouse: 1.7 mi
  • Adrian Balboa & Paulie Pennino: 1.7 mi
  • Kelpius Cave: 1.9 mi
  • Discovery Center at East Park Reservoir: 3.1 mi
  • Harbison's Dairy Milk Bottle: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 37
  • Picnic Area #6: 1.6 mi
  • Picnic Area #4: 1.6 mi
  • Picnic Area #5: 1.6 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Area #3: 1.7 mi
Peaks: 36
  • Lemon Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Fairmount: 4.0 mi
  • Georges Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Chestnut Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 5.2 mi
Springs: 6
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 1
  • Monkey Rock: 11.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Washington Lake Beach: 19.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Gold Run: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Diamond Rock HillWNW 282°188 m18.5 mi
Mount MiseryWNW 286°176 m16.9 mi
Plumstead HillN 8°174 m24.6 mi
Buckingham MountainNNE 18°158 m21.4 mi
Spring MountainNW 318°151 m22.8 mi
Solebury MountainNNE 24°142 m23.9 mi
Ebright AzimuthSW 236°137 m22.7 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 331°136 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5616:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353745566675807872604940
Precip in3.63.34.54.04.14.84.74.94.94.13.44.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phila Franklin Inst, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel136 obs
  • American Robin118 obs
  • common star-of-Bethlehem109 obs
  • princess tree109 obs
  • garlic mustard107 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly100 obs
  • American pokeweed99 obs
  • Northern Cardinal96 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/710791425

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