McCreesh Playground
McCreesh Playground is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is George Connell Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Blue Route passes 5.5 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Blue Route
- 18.9 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 19.7 mi off the Exton Bypass
- 21.4 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- George Connell Park: 0.5 mi
- Buist Park: 0.6 mi
- Francis J. Myers Recreation Center: 0.8 mi
- Molbrook & Muhfeld Street Park E: 0.8 mi
- Elmwood Park: 0.9 mi
- Cecil Street Gardens: 0.9 mi
- Longstreth School Garden: 1.0 mi
- Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram's Garden: 1.4 mi
- Ann Bartram Carr Garden: 1.5 mi
- Common Flower Garden: 1.5 mi
- Newkirk Monument: 2.0 mi
- Gettysburg Stone: 2.2 mi
- Major General John Fulton Reynolds: 2.8 mi
- Benjamin Franklin (on a bench): 2.9 mi
- Stephen Girard: 3.0 mi
- Marvin Samson Center for the History of Pharmacy: 2.2 mi
- Paul Robeson House & Museum: 2.3 mi
- Hamilton Mansion: 2.3 mi
- Institute of Contemporary Art: 3.1 mi
- New Africa Center: 3.3 mi
- Dickens and Little Nell: 2.2 mi
- Covenant: 2.8 mi
- Charles Curtis Harrison: 2.8 mi
- Six Triangles: 2.8 mi
- Reverend George Whitefield: 2.8 mi
- American Bandstand: 2.6 mi
- Commandant's Quarters: 3.9 mi
- WildWorks Ropes Course: 4.0 mi
- Shofuso Japanese House and Garden: 4.0 mi
- Rocky Steps: 4.1 mi
- Centennial Arboretum: 4.3 mi
- Cadwalader Tract: 4.9 mi
- Marple Conservation Area: 5.5 mi
- Williamson Road Site: 7.7 mi
- Black Rock Road Site: 7.9 mi
- Picnic Area #1: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 3.2 mi
- Bird Lake Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 4.5 mi
- Georges Hill: 4.0 mi
- Fairmount: 4.1 mi
- Lemon Hill: 4.2 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 10.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 10.8 mi
- Historical "Ancient Indian Spring": 6.2 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 12.9 mi
- Magnesium Spring: 23.4 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 23.4 mi
- Yellow Spring: 23.6 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 13.2 mi
- Wawa Truck Stop: 14.9 mi
- Deepwater Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 5.5 mi
- Darling: 12.3 mi
- Monkey Rock: 12.4 mi
- Washington Lake Beach: 14.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McCreesh Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Rock Hill | NW 306° | 188 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Misery | NW 312° | 176 m | 16.7 mi |
| Harmony Hill | W 280° | 146 m | 23.5 mi |
| Ebright Azimuth | WSW 247° | 137 m | 16.1 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | N 9° | 136 m | 10.6 mi |
| Hunting Hill | WNW 282° | 125 m | 11.4 mi |
| Osborne Hill | W 270° | 113 m | 19.5 mi |
| Militia Hill | N 1° | 104 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:57 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phila Intl AP, 4 mi away.
- Paper mulberry118 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly110 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle78 obs
- Amur honeysuckle78 obs
- common mugwort69 obs
- red deadnettle69 obs
- common milkweed62 obs
- Common Garter Snake61 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/735373109
Day trips start here
- Lansdowne · 2 mi
- Upper Darby · 2 mi
- Philadelphia/South · 3 mi
- Drexel Hill · 4 mi
- Philadelphia/Center City West · 4 mi
- Philadelphia/West · 4 mi
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