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Freedom and Liberation Wall

Freedom and Liberation Wall from directly overhead

Freedom and Liberation Wall is an artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 275 m. Pollocks Knob stands 407 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Westinghouse Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.

What the record says

Built
2017

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.45544, -79.89785

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Westinghouse Park: 0.3 mi
  • Dallas Parklet: 0.4 mi
  • Upland Park: 0.5 mi
  • Chadwick Park: 0.8 mi
  • Paulson Playground: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Cowboy Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Clayton Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Riverview Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks: 60
  • Breath: 1.2 mi
  • Captured::Pittsburgh Open Air Photography Gallery: 1.9 mi
  • Doris: 2.1 mi
  • Octavia the Octopus: 2.1 mi
  • Griffins: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Churchill Valley Greenway: 2.9 mi
  • Sycamore Island: 3.3 mi
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 3.7 mi
  • Briarcliff Park: 3.8 mi
  • Kerrwood Park: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 5.5 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 9.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 6
  • Thornburg Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.4 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.4 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 17.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 10.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Freedom and Liberation Wall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pollocks KnobSSW 191°407 m14.3 mi
Herron HillW 269°384 m3.2 mi
Rich HillNNE 19°365 m9.2 mi
Mt. SycamoreNE 41°229.2 m3.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5020:1320:54
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:4016:1316:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303140516170747366554435
Precip in3.22.73.33.23.94.73.83.73.32.92.93.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Braddock Lock 2, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7626027707

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