Rittenhouse Park
Rittenhouse Park is a park in Delaware, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Harmony Hill stands 146 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Southgate Garden Apartment Playground, a park 0.5 miles away. Mason and Dixon Byway passes 3.0 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 9.2 mi off the Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway, National
- 11.6 mi off the Red Clay Valley Scenic Byway
- 14.0 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Southgate Garden Apartment Playground: 0.5 mi
- Folk Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Devon Park: 0.8 mi
- Trial Garden: 0.9 mi
- Phillips Park: 0.9 mi
- Chestnut Hill Ironmine Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Kershaw Park: 2.3 mi
- William M. Redd, Jr. Park: 3.5 mi
- Middle Run Natural Area: 4.6 mi
- Chambers House Nature Center: 4.9 mi
- Vic Willis: 1.3 mi
- Laurel Hall: 1.4 mi
- Emalea Pusey Warner: 1.4 mi
- Squire Hall: 1.4 mi
- Sussex Hall: 1.4 mi
- Historical Society of Cecil County: 4.9 mi
- Bellanca Airfield Museum: 9.3 mi
- Old Sheriff's House: 10.5 mi
- Dutch House Museum: 10.5 mi
- John M Cleveland Civil War Museum: 10.5 mi
- Clark Garden: 0.8 mi
- Native Garden: 0.8 mi
- Herbaceous Garden: 0.9 mi
- Worrilow Garden: 0.9 mi
- Lepidoptera Trail, & Successional Woods: 0.9 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 0.6 mi
- Iron Hill: 1.3 mi
- Grays Hill: 2.2 mi
- Grays Hill: 3.6 mi
- Drummond Hill: 4.7 mi
- Wilmington & Western Railroad: 8.9 mi
- Rudolph and Arthur Covered Bridge: 8.9 mi
- Wilmington Riverwalk: 12.3 mi
- Andean Condor: 13.2 mi
- Red Panda: 13.2 mi
- Chloe & Lucinda (Nubian Goats): 1.6 mi
- Wings of Thought: 1.6 mi
- The Student: 2.2 mi
- Hammering Heart: 4.9 mi
- William Julius “Judy” Johnson: 11.7 mi
- Deemer's Beach: 9.4 mi
- Roachs Shore: 13.6 mi
- Oakwood Beach: 14.6 mi
- North East Beach Area: 16.6 mi
- Garrett Island Beach: 18.3 mi
- Frenchtown: 6.8 mi
- Glenville: 7.5 mi
- Lapidum: 20.0 mi
- Darling: 23.0 mi
- White Banks: 17.4 mi
- The Eye: 18.8 mi
- Wildcat Point: 24.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Deer Creek Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Deepwater Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Black Barren Spring: 23.4 mi
- Black Rock Spring: 23.6 mi
- Bethel Bridge Lighthouse (replica): 9.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rittenhouse Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Hill | N 11° | 146 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mount Felix | WSW 253° | 142 m | 20.5 mi |
| Ebright Azimuth | NE 46° | 137 m | 17.9 mi |
| Goat Hill | WNW 285° | 135 m | 18.0 mi |
| Mount Ararat | WSW 257° | 134 m | 17.8 mi |
| Egg Hill | W 272° | 125 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bald Friar | W 278° | 116 m | 24.3 mi |
| Osborne Hill | NNE 24° | 113 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:54 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:00 | 16:43 |
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 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark AG Farm, 1 mi away.
- Western Honey Bee207 obs
- wineberry204 obs
- American sweetgum179 obs
- American pokeweed166 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle151 obs
- northern spicebush146 obs
- American holly146 obs
- multiflora rose143 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/99876593
Day trips start here
- Newark · 2 mi
- Chesapeake City · 9 mi
- Hockessin · 10 mi
- New Castle · 10 mi
- West Grove · 12 mi
- Kennett Square · 13 mi
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