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Shafer Memorial Park

Shafer Memorial Park from directly overhead

What the record says

Elevation
157 m

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:23
June solstice05:4420:0220:42
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2816:0816:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441526170747366544435
Precip in3.12.43.73.64.64.24.33.34.43.43.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sharpsburg 5 S, 8 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly24 obs
  • mile-a-minute weed21 obs
  • Catnip16 obs
  • American Toad15 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle13 obs
  • common pawpaw13 obs
  • great mullein12 obs
  • Ebony Jewelwing12 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1086516598

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