Reservoir Park
Reservoir Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 173 m. Short Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is National Civil War Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 21.7 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Norwood Playground: 0.4 mi
- Pleasantview Playground: 0.4 mi
- Vernon Street Park: 0.6 mi
- 14th & Shoop Streets Playground: 0.7 mi
- Penbrook Park: 0.8 mi
- City Fountain monument: 0.9 mi
- Harrisburg Military Post: 1.1 mi
- A Gathering at the Crossroads: 1.4 mi
- Mexican War Monument: 1.5 mi
- PennDOT Workers' Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Indian Echo Caverns: 7.5 mi
- Hershey's Chocolate World: 10.4 mi
- Candymonium: 10.5 mi
- Carrousel: 10.6 mi
- Mini Himalaya: 10.6 mi
- Wickersham Hill: 9.0 mi
- Shepherd: 9.2 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 9.6 mi
- Neiman Hill: 10.1 mi
- Round Top: 10.3 mi
- National Civil War Museum: 0.1 mi
- Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts: 1.5 mi
- State Museum of Pennsylvania: 1.5 mi
- Historic Harrisburg Association: 1.7 mi
- Susquehanna Art Museum: 1.7 mi
- The Gallery at Walnut Place: 1.4 mi
- Boies Penrose Statue: 1.5 mi
- John F. Hartranft Statue: 1.5 mi
- Andrew Curtin statue: 1.9 mi
- Harrisburg Giants mural: 2.0 mi
- Joshua Farm: 0.5 mi
- Heart of the Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Dauphin County Community Gardens: 1.6 mi
- GUI Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Five Senses Garden: 1.7 mi
- McCormick Island: 3.5 mi
- Peiffer Memorial Arboretum and Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Fort Hunter Conservancy: 6.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 275: 7.3 mi
- Hamer Woodlands at Cove Mountain Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Spring Lake Spring: 4.4 mi
- Eichelberger Spring: 4.4 mi
- Orr's Bridge Spring: 5.5 mi
- Pine Springs: 11.1 mi
- Spring Creek Springs: 12.0 mi
- Original Carrousel Circle: 10.7 mi
- Hemlock Grove: 17.3 mi
- Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Rowland Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Quitte Creek Nature Park: 18.9 mi
- Concrete Beach: 2.1 mi
- Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 20.1 mi
- Rausch Gap: 20.8 mi
- Chickies Rock: 23.2 mi
- Acrigg's Falls: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Reservoir Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | NNE 18° | 500 m | 22.6 mi |
| Stony Mountain | NNE 33° | 491 m | 16.3 mi |
| Third Mountain | NNE 14° | 488 m | 10.6 mi |
| Long Mountain | SW 227° | 479 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Holly | WSW 237° | 459 m | 21.8 mi |
| Berry Mountain | N 5° | 435 m | 18.3 mi |
| Welch Hill | W 275° | 432 m | 23.6 mi |
| Round Top | NNE 26° | 422 m | 18.0 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 | 18:31 | 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, 1 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly74 obs
- Groundhog54 obs
- European Small-Woolcarder27 obs
- Mourning Dove24 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle23 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee23 obs
- House Sparrow22 obs
- American Robin20 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/51274114
Day trips start here
- York · 22 mi
- Wrightsville · 24 mi
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