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Silent Brook Well

Silent Brook Well from directly overhead

Silent Brook Well is an attraction in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 328 m. Mount Wheeler stands 450 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Daffodil Hill, a garden 0.2 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 7.2 miles off.

Historic stone structure likely built by the CCC

What to expect

Step-free access
Limited

How to reach it

Coordinates40.32552, -80.01546

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Vale of Cashmere: 0.4 mi
  • Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Sully's Pool seating: 0.6 mi
  • Spreading Oak Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Edgebrook Shelter: 1.2 mi
Parks
  • Bethel Park Community Splash Park: 0.7 mi
  • Wave pool lounge area: 0.8 mi
  • Pine Tree Park: 1.0 mi
  • Exercise Trail: 1.1 mi
  • Maple Springs: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Buffalo Preserve: 1.2 mi
  • Shamrock Woods: 2.4 mi
  • Hoodridge Park: 2.6 mi
  • Wiltshire Park: 2.9 mi
  • Iroquois Park: 3.1 mi
Artworks
  • statue base: 2.7 mi
  • The Sail: 6.6 mi
  • Untitled: 7.0 mi
  • Fredosaurus Rex: 7.5 mi
  • Shrine Of The Blessed Mother: 7.9 mi
Peaks
  • Pollocks Knob: 6.1 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 8.3 mi
  • 1104: 8.5 mi
  • 1094: 8.5 mi
  • Mt. Thornburg: 8.5 mi
Gardens: 54
Museums: 54
Picnic sites: 22
  • Grove: 0.3 mi
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 8.8 mi
  • Harvest: 9.9 mi
  • Springvale: 10.0 mi
  • North Woods: 10.0 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Tiger Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Thornburg Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 9.7 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 9.7 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Thompson Run Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs: 24.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 12.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Silent Brook Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WheelerSW 222°450 m18.0 mi
Sheppler HillSE 138°429 m15.9 mi
Garrett HillWSW 246°420 m17.7 mi
Rich HillSE 139°420 m18.9 mi
Hannas KnobWSW 237°417 m10.3 mi
Pollocks KnobSE 146°407 m6.1 mi
Cemetery HillSW 228°397 m17.0 mi
Herron HillNNE 19°384 m9.4 mi

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 solstice07:4016:1416:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240526270747265544334
Precip in3.12.63.23.44.14.63.93.83.53.13.03.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pittsburgh Allegheny CO AP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/875483370

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