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Pipe Dream IV

Pipe Dream IV from directly overhead

Pipe Dream IV is an artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Hannas Knob stands 417 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Avenue Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
steel
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.44139, -80.00530
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Liberty Avenue Park: 0.1 mi
  • Gateway Center Park: 0.1 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.2 mi
  • Point State Park: 0.2 mi
  • F. Tracy Henderson Alumni Park: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
  • James Mills: 0.1 mi
  • Fort Duquesne Tracery: 0.3 mi
  • Fort Duquesne Historical Landmark: 0.3 mi
  • Korean War Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Roberto Clemente Statue: 0.4 mi
Artworks: 60
  • The Builders: 0.4 mi
  • Mythic Source: 0.4 mi
  • The Forks: 0.4 mi
  • Mythic Source: 0.4 mi
  • Pittsburgh Variations: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Grandview Overlook Park: 0.6 mi
  • The Saddle: 0.8 mi
  • Chatham Village Greenspace: 1.1 mi
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 2.3 mi
  • St John's Green: 3.0 mi
Peaks
  • Monument Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Herron Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.6 mi
Museums: 56
Gardens: 55
  • Welcome to Pittsburgh: 0.1 mi
  • Welcome To Mount Washington: 0.6 mi
  • Learning Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Allegheny Commons Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Carole's Garden: 0.7 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 2.8 mi
  • Grove: 8.2 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 8.8 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 10.1 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 7
  • Thornburg Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Thompson Run Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Snake Run: 20.7 mi
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs: 22.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Francis Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Lacock Spring: 22.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Pipe Dream IV. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hannas KnobSW 214°417 m16.4 mi
Pollocks KnobSSE 168°407 m13.4 mi
Herron HillENE 69°384 m2.6 mi
Bunker HillNW 309°375 m20.8 mi
Rich HillNE 42°365 m13.0 mi
Mt. SycamoreENE 66°229.2 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5120:1320:54
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:4116:1416:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240526270757366554435
Precip in3.42.83.23.23.53.53.63.23.22.82.83.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emsworth L/D Ohio RVR, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13180516312

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