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Lower Gwynedd Park

Lower Gwynedd Park from directly overhead

Lower Gwynedd Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 73 m. Haycock Mountain stands 295 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Penn - Ambler Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Blue Route passes 4.4 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
73 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.17060, -75.24370

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Penn - Ambler Park: 0.4 mi
  • Penllyn Woods and Park: 0.7 mi
  • Ricciardi Park: 1.2 mi
  • Ambler borough park: 1.4 mi
  • Ambler City Park: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Wissahickon Veterans Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Service & Devotion Monument: 4.1 mi
  • Limekilns: 4.9 mi
  • Heroes’ Ground: 5.4 mi
  • Whitemarsh Hall Portico: 5.8 mi
Museums
  • The Stoogeum: 1.1 mi
  • Historical Society of Montgomery County: 5.4 mi
  • Harold F. Pitcairn Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Woodmere Art Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Mary Wood Park House: 7.2 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
  • Magnolia Slope: 5.7 mi
  • Out on a Limb Tree Canopy Walk: 5.8 mi
  • Orange Balustrade: 5.9 mi
  • Holiday Garden Railway: 5.9 mi
  • Azalea Meadow: 6.0 mi
Peaks: 49
  • Sandy Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Fort Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Militia Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Camp Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Lafayette Hill: 5.3 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Picnic Area B: 9.0 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 9.0 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 9.1 mi
  • Picnic Area #3: 9.9 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 9.9 mi
Springs: 6
Cliffs: 5
  • Monkey Rock: 10.1 mi
  • Old Quarry: 20.1 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 20.2 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 20.3 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • King of Prussia Service Plaza: 8.7 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • High Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Gold Run: 23.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Haycock MountainN 3°295 m22.0 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 337°282 m24.8 mi
The LookoutNNW 347°277 m24.0 mi
Carl HillNW 326°269 m24.8 mi
Beverly HillsNNW 337°264 m24.5 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 334°264 m24.8 mi
Rock HillN 351°256 m16.7 mi
North MountainN 2°251 m23.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5420:35
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2115:5616:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323542526271767467564537

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willow Grove NAS, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer178 obs
  • Wood Duck140 obs
  • Song Sparrow110 obs
  • Canada Goose105 obs
  • Red Fox104 obs
  • Mallard102 obs
  • Green-winged Teal86 obs
  • House Sparrow83 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 node/357373012

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