Stephen Foster Memorial
Stephen Foster Memorial is an attraction in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 274 m. Hannas Knob stands 417 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Stephen Foster Memorial Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off.
The story
performing arts center and museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Dates from 1937.
Wikidata Q7609218, matched on coordinates and name (8 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- University of Pittsburgh
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
- 23.7 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Dippy: 0.1 mi
- Millennium Panther: 0.1 mi
- Conney M. Kimbo Art Gallery: 0.1 mi
- Light Up!: 0.2 mi
- Nicholas Lochoff Cloister: 0.2 mi
- Schenley Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Soldiers & Sailors Lawn: 0.2 mi
- Boundary Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Ascension Green: 0.4 mi
- Oakland Square Historic District: 0.5 mi
- Home Plate from Forbes Stadium: 0.2 mi
- The Hiker - Spanish American War Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Roslyn Place: 1.1 mi
- The Doughboy: 1.5 mi
- Freedom Corner: 1.7 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 0.5 mi
- Herron Hill: 0.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.2 mi
- Riverview Hill: 2.5 mi
- Clayton Hill: 2.6 mi
- Oakcliffe Greenway: 0.9 mi
- The Saddle: 2.8 mi
- Grandview Overlook Park: 3.1 mi
- Hays Woods Park: 3.3 mi
- Chatham Village Greenspace: 3.6 mi
- Stephen Foster Memorial Museum: 0.0 mi
- Nationality Rooms: 0.1 mi
- International Academy of Jazz Hall of Fame: 0.1 mi
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History: 0.2 mi
- University Art Gallery: 0.2 mi
- Phipps Conservatory: 0.4 mi
- Phipps Conservatory: 0.4 mi
- Kraus Winter Garden: 0.4 mi
- Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden: 0.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 0.5 mi
- Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 7.9 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 7.9 mi
- Grove: 9.0 mi
- Upper Orchard: 10.0 mi
- Cathedral of Learning: 0.0 mi
- Heinz Memorial Chapel: 0.1 mi
- William Pitt Union: 0.1 mi
- Pittsburgh Yarn Company: 3.2 mi
- USS Requin: 3.5 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 6.5 mi
- Tiger Beach: 7.1 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.6 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.6 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 16.7 mi
- Hay's Wall: 3.7 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 10.7 mi
- Point Pleasant: 21.7 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 7.0 mi
- Snake Run: 22.2 mi
- Francis Spring: 11.6 mi
- Lacock Spring: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Stephen Foster Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannas Knob | SW 221° | 417 m | 18.2 mi |
| Pollocks Knob | S 180° | 407 m | 13.2 mi |
| Herron Hill | NNW 338° | 384 m | 0.8 mi |
| Rich Hill | NNE 32° | 365 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | ENE 57° | 229.2 m | 6.1 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 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:14 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/121051329
Day trips start here
- Green Tree · 5 mi
- Mt. Lebanon · 7 mi
- Ross Township · 7 mi
- Robinson Township · 9 mi
- Coraopolis · 12 mi
- Franklin Park · 12 mi
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