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Knollwood Park

Knollwood Park from directly overhead

Knollwood Park is a park in Delaware, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodshaven Kruse Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Blue Route passes 6.8 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates39.81198, -75.45159

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Woodshaven Kruse Park: 0.3 mi
  • Darley Green Field: 0.7 mi
  • Greentree Park: 0.9 mi
  • Darley Woods Park: 1.1 mi
  • Radnor Park: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Cauffiel House, Bellevue State Park: 3.1 mi
  • Figure 8 Barn: 3.3 mi
  • Bellevue Hall: 3.4 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 3.8 mi
  • Ebright Azimuth: 3.9 mi
Artworks
  • Vanguard: 3.7 mi
  • Widener Pride: 6.1 mi
  • James A. Garfield Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Hands Shaking Sculpture: 6.1 mi
  • Bown Garden Dome: 6.2 mi
Museums
  • Delaware County Historical Society Museum & Research Library: 5.5 mi
  • Alfred O. Deshong Park Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Historical Society-Penns Grove: 5.7 mi
  • Spring Valley African Methodist Episcopal Church: 6.1 mi
  • Newlin Grist Mill: 6.1 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Crowninshield Garden: 7.0 mi
  • E.I. duPont Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Winterthur Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Sutton Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Swarthmore Rose Garden: 8.3 mi
Picnic sites: 33
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 15 Picnic Site: 8.7 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 14 Picnic Site: 8.8 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 11 Picnic Site: 9.0 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 12 Picnic Site: 9.0 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 13 Picnic Site: 9.1 mi
Peaks: 25
  • Ebright Azimuth: 3.9 mi
  • Hunting Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Castle Rock: 11.2 mi
  • Osborne Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Horseshoe Hill: 11.4 mi
Springs: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Deemer's Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Oakwood Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Washington Lake Beach: 19.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Monkey Rock: 18.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Diamond Rock HillN 351°188 m18.6 mi
Mount MiseryN 356°176 m19.2 mi
Harmony HillNW 315°146 m16.8 mi
Ebright AzimuthWNW 295°137 m3.9 mi
Chestnut HillNE 35°136 m22.5 mi
Hunting HillN 0°125 m10.2 mi
Osborne HillNW 313°113 m11.3 mi
Militia HillNNE 28°104 m24.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3519:5420:34
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2015:5816:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353744556574807871594940
Precip in3.22.23.93.53.23.34.83.74.43.72.63.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marcus Hook, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch20 obs
  • wineberry18 obs
  • Christmas fern17 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail16 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly16 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel15 obs
  • mayapple15 obs
  • American burnweed15 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/373537893

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