Wharton Square
Wharton Square is a park in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. Blue Route passes 8.1 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 11 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Blue Route
- 22.0 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 22.4 mi off the Exton Bypass
- 23.7 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wharton Square: 0.0 mi
- Taylor Street Park: 0.1 mi
- Ralph Brooks Park: 0.4 mi
- Julian Abele Park: 0.4 mi
- Chew Playground: 0.5 mi
- South 22nd and Sears Street Garden: 0.1 mi
- Titan Street Garden: 0.2 mi
- Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- SOB Garden: 0.3 mi
- The Concert Garden: 0.3 mi
- National Marian Anderson Museum: 0.6 mi
- The Rosenbach Museum & Library: 0.9 mi
- The Mario Lanza Institute and Museum: 1.0 mi
- Romanian Folk Art Museum: 1.1 mi
- Mütter Museum: 1.3 mi
- Family of Turtles: 0.9 mi
- Grizzly: 0.9 mi
- Fitler Square Ram: 0.9 mi
- Decoding the Tree of Life: 1.1 mi
- Greyhound Sculptures: 1.1 mi
- 18th and Jackson War Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Major General John Fulton Reynolds: 0.9 mi
- Stephen Girard: 1.0 mi
- Joey Giardello Statue: 1.0 mi
- Dr. J. William White Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Italian market: 1.4 mi
- One Liberty Observation Deck: 1.4 mi
- The Universal Sphere: 1.5 mi
- Reading Terminal: 1.8 mi
- Chinatown Friendship Gate: 1.9 mi
- Centennial Arboretum: 3.7 mi
- Cadwalader Tract: 6.7 mi
- Marple Conservation Area: 8.1 mi
- Williamson Road Site: 8.7 mi
- Upper Roxborough Reservoir Park: 8.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 1.0 mi
- Bird Lake Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Area #1: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 4.0 mi
- Fairmount: 2.1 mi
- Lemon Hill: 2.5 mi
- Georges Hill: 4.0 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 10.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 10.4 mi
- Wawa Truck Stop: 13.5 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 14.6 mi
- Deepwater Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Historical "Ancient Indian Spring": 7.0 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 14.8 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 6.8 mi
- Monkey Rock: 14.0 mi
- Washington Lake Beach: 14.3 mi
- Darling: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wharton Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Rock Hill | WNW 300° | 188 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Misery | NW 305° | 176 m | 18.7 mi |
| Ebright Azimuth | WSW 249° | 137 m | 19.1 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | N 353° | 136 m | 10.0 mi |
| Hunting Hill | W 277° | 125 m | 14.2 mi |
| Osborne Hill | W 268° | 113 m | 22.5 mi |
| Militia Hill | NNW 348° | 104 m | 13.0 mi |
| Camp Hill | N 357° | 104 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:57 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phila Franklin Inst, 2 mi away.
- House Sparrow1,030 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly743 obs
- American Robin622 obs
- White-throated Sparrow590 obs
- Ovenbird566 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel541 obs
- Rock Pigeon527 obs
- Peregrine Falcon481 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/709564104
Day trips start here
- Philadelphia/Center City West · 1 mi
- Philadelphia/South · 1 mi
- Philadelphia · 2 mi
- Philadelphia/Center City East · 2 mi
- Philadelphia/Old City · 2 mi
- Camden · 3 mi
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