Paxtang Park
Paxtang Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 109 m. Short Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Five Senses Garden, a garden 0.4 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Paxtang Commons Park: 0.4 mi
- Donald R. Taylor Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Ivy Ridge Park: 0.6 mi
- Saussaman Park: 0.6 mi
- Wilson Park Playground: 1.1 mi
- City Fountain monument: 2.1 mi
- A Gathering at the Crossroads: 2.7 mi
- Mexican War Monument: 2.7 mi
- Harrisburg Military Post: 2.8 mi
- PennDOT Workers' Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Indian Echo Caverns: 6.1 mi
- Hershey's Chocolate World: 9.3 mi
- Candymonium: 9.4 mi
- Carrousel: 9.4 mi
- Mini Himalaya: 9.5 mi
- Wickersham Hill: 7.7 mi
- Round Top: 8.6 mi
- Neiman Hill: 8.8 mi
- Shepherd: 9.5 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 10.2 mi
- National Civil War Museum: 1.7 mi
- Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts: 2.6 mi
- State Museum of Pennsylvania: 2.9 mi
- Historic Harrisburg Association: 3.2 mi
- Susquehanna Art Museum: 3.2 mi
- Cow Statue: 0.9 mi
- Cow Statue: 1.0 mi
- Cow Statue: 1.5 mi
- The Gallery at Walnut Place: 2.6 mi
- Boies Penrose Statue: 2.7 mi
- Five Senses Garden: 0.4 mi
- Joshua Farm: 1.7 mi
- Heart of the Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Prayer Garden: 2.6 mi
- GUI Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Peiffer Memorial Arboretum and Nature Preserve: 3.6 mi
- McCormick Island: 5.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 275: 5.6 mi
- Fort Hunter Conservancy: 8.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 246: 8.6 mi
- Spring Lake Spring: 5.0 mi
- Eichelberger Spring: 5.0 mi
- Orr's Bridge Spring: 6.5 mi
- Spring Creek Springs: 10.7 mi
- Pine Springs: 12.4 mi
- Original Carrousel Circle: 9.5 mi
- Hemlock Grove: 16.9 mi
- Quitte Creek Nature Park: 17.8 mi
- Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Concrete Beach: 3.3 mi
- Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 18.7 mi
- Rausch Gap: 20.8 mi
- Chickies Rock: 21.5 mi
- Acrigg's Falls: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Paxtang Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | NNE 14° | 500 m | 23.2 mi |
| Stony Mountain | NNE 27° | 491 m | 16.6 mi |
| Third Mountain | N 6° | 488 m | 11.4 mi |
| Long Mountain | SW 233° | 479 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Holly | WSW 241° | 459 m | 22.4 mi |
| Berry Mountain | N 1° | 435 m | 19.3 mi |
| Round Top | NNE 21° | 422 m | 18.4 mi |
| Cove Mountain | WNW 296° | 419 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 51 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg 1 NE, 3 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly46 obs
- lesser celandine16 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander13 obs
- American pokeweed13 obs
- Monarch11 obs
- poison hemlock10 obs
- bird's-eye speedwell10 obs
- common ivy10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1009732353
Day trips start here
- York · 21 mi
- Wrightsville · 23 mi
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