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Whitford Park

Whitford Park from directly overhead

Whitford Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 210 m. Sweet Hill stands 569 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Harborcreek Historical Society, a museum 0.4 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 1.1 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Harborcreek Township

How to reach it

Coordinates42.15881, -79.98136

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Harborcreek Community Park: 1.0 mi
  • Ball Pavillion Park: 1.2 mi
  • Rolling Ridge Park: 1.6 mi
  • Cumberland Park: 1.8 mi
  • Beute Park: 1.8 mi
Museums: 23
Historic sites: 23
Beaches: 21
Peaks: 8
Artworks: 4
  • Nittany Lion Shrine: 2.7 mi
  • Fruits of Labor: 5.4 mi
  • Schaefer's Auto Art: 11.2 mi
  • Jon's Fish Statue: 20.8 mi
Attractions: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sweet HillESE 105°569 m24.5 mi
Dowd HillSE 127°528 m23.9 mi
Pleasant HillS 171°495 m23.8 mi
Mackey HillS 175°488 m21.9 mi
Gibson HillSSW 205°470 m22.8 mi
Mount PleasantSSW 193°454 m21.7 mi
Oak HillSSE 168°433 m16.7 mi
Mount BaldyENE 68°413 m23.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5519:32
June solstice05:4520:1821:00
September equinox07:0818:4219:19
December solstice07:4616:0616:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282936475968737265544434
Precip in3.42.53.13.53.53.73.33.44.34.43.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Erie Intl AP, 12 mi away.

  • Monarch25 obs
  • staghorn sumac22 obs
  • Northern Two-lined Salamander20 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail19 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail19 obs
  • American Toad18 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver17 obs
  • common selfheal17 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/827942353

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