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Northminster Park

Northminster Park from directly overhead

Northminster Park is a park in Delaware, at a modelled elevation of 105 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Dartmouth Woods Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates39.83300, -75.50660

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Ebright Azimuth: 0.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Figure 8 Barn: 4.0 mi
  • Bellevue Hall: 4.0 mi
  • Cauffiel House, Bellevue State Park: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Museums
  • Spring Valley African Methodist Episcopal Church: 3.2 mi
  • Newlin Grist Mill: 4.0 mi
  • Kuerner Farm barn: 4.4 mi
  • Kuerner Farm house: 4.4 mi
  • N.C. Wyeth studio: 4.8 mi
Gardens
  • Crowninshield Garden: 5.1 mi
  • E.I. duPont Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Winterthur Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Tyler Arboretum Butterfly Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Wister Rhododendron Garden: 7.9 mi
Artworks
  • Vanguard: 5.1 mi
  • James A. Garfield Memorial: 5.6 mi
  • Admiral Francis Dupont Statue: 5.9 mi
  • Nittany Lion Shrine: 7.2 mi
  • William Julius “Judy” Johnson: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 15 Picnic Site: 7.9 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 14 Picnic Site: 8.0 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 11 Picnic Site: 8.1 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 12 Picnic Site: 8.1 mi
  • Ridley Creek State Park - Area 13 Picnic Site: 8.2 mi
Peaks: 25
  • Ebright Azimuth: 0.7 mi
  • Osborne Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Horseshoe Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Hunting Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Castle Rock: 10.3 mi
Springs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Deemer's Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Oakwood Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Washington Lake Beach: 22.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Monkey Rock: 17.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Diamond Rock HillN 360°188 m16.9 mi
Mount MiseryN 5°176 m17.7 mi
Harmony HillNW 319°146 m13.8 mi
Ebright AzimuthWNW 288°137 m0.7 mi
Chestnut HillNE 43°136 m23.2 mi
Hunting HillNNE 19°125 m9.2 mi
Egg HillWSW 240°125 m24.0 mi
Osborne HillNW 320°113 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3519:5420:34
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2115:5816:41

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Huron Skipper27 obs
  • White-tailed Deer25 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty25 obs
  • House Sparrow24 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle22 obs
  • lesser celandine22 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly22 obs
  • Clemens' Grass Tubeworm Moth21 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/587341855

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