Large Escargot
Large Escargot is an artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 350 m. Big Knob stands 423 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Hartwood Circle Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
What to expect
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Totem Lamina Limbus: 0.8 mi
- Mobius Trip X: 0.8 mi
- Coronet: Homage to Dave Smith: 0.8 mi
- Cloudt: 0.9 mi
- Large Snail: 0.9 mi
- Hartwood Acres: 0.9 mi
- Hampton Community Park: 1.2 mi
- Red Gables Farm: 1.7 mi
- Middle Road Community Park: 1.8 mi
- Dorseyville Community Parklet: 1.9 mi
- Browns Woods: 0.9 mi
- Crouse Run Nature Reserve: 2.3 mi
- Kerrwood Park: 3.8 mi
- Briarcliff Park: 4.3 mi
- Irwin Run Conservation Area: 5.7 mi
- War Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Mellon Memorial Gateway: 4.0 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Negley Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Rich Hill: 4.5 mi
- Mt. Sycamore: 6.4 mi
- North Field: 6.8 mi
- McKelvey Hill: 7.7 mi
- Observatory Hill: 7.8 mi
- Hartwood Circle Garden: 0.1 mi
- North Park Arboretum: 4.0 mi
- 80th Division Monument - Demonstration Garden: 4.1 mi
- Saint Francis Peace Garden: 4.6 mi
- Gardens of Millvale: 6.7 mi
- Hartwood Acres Mansion: 0.9 mi
- Depreciation Lands Museum: 2.2 mi
- Bayernhof Music Museum: 4.9 mi
- Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum: 5.0 mi
- Kerr Museum: 5.7 mi
- Upper Orchard: 1.5 mi
- picnic tables: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Table: 6.0 mi
- Lookout Point: 5.0 mi
- Heinz Memorial Chapel: 8.6 mi
- Cathedral of Learning: 8.7 mi
- Stephen Foster Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Pittsburgh Yarn Company: 8.8 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 12.3 mi
- Tiger Beach: 12.8 mi
- BAB: 21.2 mi
- Tunnelville Beach: 24.5 mi
- Hay's Wall: 12.3 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 16.7 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 13.7 mi
- Snake Run: 17.8 mi
- Francis Spring: 17.6 mi
- Lacock Spring: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Large Escargot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Knob | NW 306° | 423 m | 17.8 mi |
| Pollocks Knob | S 184° | 407 m | 21.9 mi |
| Herron Hill | SSW 192° | 384 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bunker Hill | WNW 282° | 375 m | 20.8 mi |
| Rich Hill | ENE 78° | 365 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | SE 145° | 229.2 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:13 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:13 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acmetonia Lock 3, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/9246806486
Day trips start here
- Ross Township · 6 mi
- Franklin Park · 9 mi
- Green Tree · 12 mi
- Coraopolis · 13 mi
- Cranberry · 13 mi
- Robinson Township · 13 mi
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