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Rittenhouse Square

Rittenhouse Square from directly overhead

Rittenhouse Square is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Duck Girl, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Route passes 8.6 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.94951, -75.17180

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
Attractions
  • One Liberty Observation Deck: 0.3 mi
  • The Universal Sphere: 0.4 mi
  • Reading Terminal: 0.7 mi
  • Chinatown Friendship Gate: 0.9 mi
  • Italian market: 1.0 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Grove: 0.8 mi
  • Bird Lake Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
  • Van R. Thomas Memorial Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area #1: 3.4 mi
Peaks: 28
  • Fairmount: 1.2 mi
  • Lemon Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Georges Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Chestnut Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 9.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Monkey Rock: 13.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Washington Lake Beach: 15.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Diamond Rock HillWNW 297°188 m19.9 mi
Mount MiseryWNW 301°176 m18.7 mi
Ebright AzimuthWSW 247°137 m20.0 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 348°136 m9.1 mi
Hunting HillW 273°125 m14.8 mi
Osborne HillW 266°113 m23.1 mi
Militia HillNNW 344°104 m12.2 mi
Camp HillN 354°104 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5616:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353745566675807872604940
Precip in3.63.34.54.04.14.84.74.94.94.13.44.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phila Franklin Inst, under a mile away.

  • House Sparrow1,278 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly967 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel745 obs
  • American Robin731 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow723 obs
  • Ovenbird723 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee589 obs
  • Rock Pigeon572 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.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 81000557OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/32122312

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