- Elevation, modelled
- 280 m
- Tallest summit within 20.0 miles
- Hannas Knob417 m · 18.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Grand View Scenic Byway2.7 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:54local time
- Coordinates
- 40.4403, -79.9484
Statue of Christopher Columbus is a artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled 280 m. Hannas Knob stands 417 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Phipps Conservatory, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.
- Built
- 1958
- Material
- bronze; granite
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Statue of Christopher Columbus. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannas Knob | SW 222° | 417 m | 18.2 mi |
| Pollocks Knob | S 181° | 407 m | 13.0 mi |
| Herron Hill | NNW 332° | 384 m | 1.1 mi |
| Rich Hill | NNE 30° | 365 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | NE 54° | 229.2 m | 6.1 mi |
- 2.7 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
- 23.7 mi off the Historic National Road - PennsylvaniaNational
Named places within 25 miles
- The Hiker - Spanish American War Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Home Plate from Forbes Stadium: 0.3 mi
- Roslyn Place: 1.1 mi
- Pillars In Squirrel Hill: 1.8 mi
- Pillars In Squirrel Hill: 1.8 mi
- Boundary Street Park: 0.2 mi
- Schenley Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Oakland Square Historic District: 0.3 mi
- Peace Garden: 0.3 mi
- Soldiers & Sailors Lawn: 0.5 mi
- Nicholas Lochoff Cloister: 0.2 mi
- Dr. Mao Yisheng Statue: 0.2 mi
- Two Slender Lines: 0.2 mi
- Forest Devil: 0.2 mi
- Snowmen: 0.3 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 0.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 0.9 mi
- Herron Hill: 1.1 mi
- Riverview Hill: 2.2 mi
- Clayton Hill: 2.4 mi
- Oakcliffe Greenway: 0.9 mi
- The Saddle: 3.0 mi
- Hays Woods Park: 3.1 mi
- Grandview Overlook Park: 3.3 mi
- Chatham Village Greenspace: 3.8 mi
- University Art Gallery: 0.2 mi
- Alcohol House: 0.2 mi
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History: 0.2 mi
- Stephen Foster Memorial Museum: 0.3 mi
- Nationality Rooms: 0.4 mi
- Phipps Conservatory: 0.0 mi
- Phipps Conservatory: 0.1 mi
- Kraus Winter Garden: 0.3 mi
- Kraus Campo: 0.3 mi
- Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 7.9 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 8.0 mi
- Grove: 8.8 mi
- Upper Orchard: 10.3 mi
- Stephen Foster Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Cathedral of Learning: 0.4 mi
- Heinz Memorial Chapel: 0.4 mi
- William Pitt Union: 0.4 mi
- Pittsburgh Yarn Company: 3.0 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 6.8 mi
- Tiger Beach: 7.3 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.4 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.4 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 16.5 mi
- Hay's Wall: 3.4 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 10.9 mi
- Point Pleasant: 22.0 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 6.7 mi
- Snake Run: 22.5 mi
- Francis Spring: 11.3 mi
- Lacock Spring: 24.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:13 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:14 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 31 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Braddock Lock 2, 6 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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