USS Requin
USS Requin is an attraction in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 217 m. Big Knob stands 423 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Kamin Science Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1945
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
- 22.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Tribute to Children: 0.2 mi
- Pittsburgh Law Enforcement Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Southern Pennsylvania World War 2 Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Great Allegheny Passage: 0.4 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Monument Hill: 0.4 mi
- Observatory Hill: 2.6 mi
- Herron Hill: 3.2 mi
- Mt. Thornburg: 3.9 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 3.9 mi
- McKnight Park: 0.5 mi
- Eileen McCoy Park: 0.6 mi
- Point State Park: 0.6 mi
- West Park: 0.7 mi
- Gateway Center Park: 0.8 mi
- Pipe Dream IV: 0.7 mi
- The Builders: 0.8 mi
- The Forks: 0.8 mi
- Mythic Source: 0.8 mi
- Mythic Source: 0.8 mi
- Grandview Overlook Park: 0.9 mi
- Chatham Village Greenspace: 1.2 mi
- The Saddle: 1.3 mi
- St John's Green: 2.4 mi
- Oakcliffe Greenway: 3.0 mi
- Kamin Science Center: 0.0 mi
- Highmark SportsWorks: 0.1 mi
- Moonshot Museum: 0.4 mi
- Museum of Illusions Pittsburgh: 0.5 mi
- Fort Pitt Museum: 0.6 mi
- Carole's Garden: 0.1 mi
- Welcome to Pittsburgh: 0.7 mi
- Welcome To Mount Washington: 0.7 mi
- Allegheny Commons Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Learning Garden: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 3.5 mi
- White Pine Grove: 8.2 mi
- Grove: 8.5 mi
- picnic tables: 10.5 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 10.6 mi
- Canton Avenue: 2.5 mi
- Canton Avenue: 2.5 mi
- Canton Avenue: 2.6 mi
- Canton Avenue: 2.6 mi
- William Pitt Union: 3.3 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 3.2 mi
- Tiger Beach: 3.7 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.4 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.4 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 17.5 mi
- Hay's Wall: 5.4 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 7.6 mi
- Point Pleasant: 18.3 mi
- Warriors Point: 24.7 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 10.0 mi
- Snake Run: 20.1 mi
- Frankfort Mineral Springs: 22.0 mi
- Francis Spring: 14.5 mi
- Lacock Spring: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of USS Requin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Knob | NNW 333° | 423 m | 21.3 mi |
| Hannas Knob | SSW 211° | 417 m | 16.2 mi |
| Pollocks Knob | SSE 165° | 407 m | 13.8 mi |
| Herron Hill | ENE 78° | 384 m | 3.2 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NW 310° | 375 m | 20.1 mi |
| Rich Hill | NE 45° | 365 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | ENE 69° | 229.2 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:13 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 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 | 32 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emsworth L/D Ohio RVR, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/170669929
Day trips start here
- Green Tree · 3 mi
- Mt. Lebanon · 5 mi
- Robinson Township · 6 mi
- Ross Township · 6 mi
- Coraopolis · 9 mi
- Franklin Park · 10 mi
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