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Shipoke Park

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Shipoke Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 94 m. Short Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Shipoke Playground, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.25438, -76.87504

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Shipoke Playground: 0.0 mi
  • Capitol Park: 0.7 mi
  • City Island: 0.7 mi
  • Phoenix Park: 0.8 mi
  • Soldier's Grove: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 59
Artworks: 41
  • Boies Penrose Statue: 0.7 mi
  • The Gallery at Walnut Place: 0.7 mi
  • John F. Hartranft Statue: 0.8 mi
  • Harrisburg Giants mural: 0.9 mi
  • Andrew Curtin statue: 2.1 mi
Gardens: 25
  • Heart of the Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Joshua Farm: 1.0 mi
  • Sunken Gardens: 1.3 mi
  • GUI Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Peffer Street Pollinator Garden: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves: 21
Springs: 10
  • Spring Lake Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Eichelberger Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Orr's Bridge Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Pine Springs: 12.1 mi
  • Spring Creek Springs: 13.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 11.8 mi
  • Hemlock Grove: 18.7 mi
  • Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
  • Quitte Creek Nature Park: 20.1 mi
  • Rowland Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Concrete Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Short MountainNNE 19°500 m24.0 mi
Stony MountainNNE 33°491 m17.8 mi
Third MountainNNE 17°488 m12.0 mi
Buck Ridge TowerWSW 239°488 m24.1 mi
Long MountainSW 228°479 m17.2 mi
Hammonds RocksWSW 237°462 m23.6 mi
Mount HollyWSW 238°459 m20.4 mi
Berry MountainN 7°435 m19.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:3920:0020:41
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2716:0216:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139516171757365534234
Precip in2.92.83.93.94.04.04.84.34.63.82.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg 1 NE, 2 mi away.

  • Groundhog69 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly65 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron36 obs
  • jimsonweed27 obs
  • Eastern Dobsonfly27 obs
  • purple loosestrife26 obs
  • Mourning Dove22 obs
  • American pokeweed22 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/1154800780

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