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Hilltop Urban Farm

Hilltop Urban Farm from directly overhead

Hilltop Urban Farm is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 335 m. Sheppler Hill stands 429 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Transverse Field, a park 0.4 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 1.9 miles off.

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Hilltop Urban Farm
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Coordinates40.40742, -79.97594
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Transverse Field: 0.4 mi
  • Arlington Playground: 0.7 mi
  • Leolyn Park: 0.8 mi
  • Devlin Field: 0.8 mi
  • South Side Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
  • Hays Woods Park: 1.5 mi
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 2.0 mi
  • The Saddle: 2.1 mi
  • Grandview Overlook Park: 2.6 mi
  • Chatham Village Greenspace: 2.6 mi
Artworks
  • Fredosaurus Rex: 1.6 mi
  • Untitled: 1.7 mi
  • Shrine Of The Blessed Mother: 1.9 mi
  • Le Magnifique: 2.4 mi
  • Light Up!: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Memorial wall for the homeless people who have died on the streets of Pittsburgh: 2.3 mi
  • Freedom Corner: 2.4 mi
  • Brookline Monument: 2.4 mi
  • Kier Refinery Historic Marker: 2.5 mi
  • Home Plate from Forbes Stadium: 2.6 mi
Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Herron Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Monument Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Riverview Hill: 3.9 mi
Museums: 54
Gardens: 53
  • Bandi Schaum Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Frazier Farms: 1.9 mi
  • Tustin Street Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • UPMC Mercy Physical Therapy Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Harry Orlando Community Garden: 2.1 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 2.8 mi
  • Grove: 6.2 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 10.2 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 10.6 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 6
  • Thornburg Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 14.3 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 14.3 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Thompson Run Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Snake Run: 23.5 mi
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs: 24.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 11.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Hilltop Urban Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sheppler HillSSE 154°429 m19.5 mi
Hannas KnobSW 224°417 m15.5 mi
Pollocks KnobS 173°407 m10.8 mi
Herron HillNNE 16°384 m3.4 mi
Rich HillNNE 30°365 m14.0 mi
Mt. SycamoreNE 47°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 solstice07:4016:1416:57

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly125 obs
  • Canada Goose88 obs
  • American Robin72 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle58 obs
  • American pokeweed57 obs
  • Mallard56 obs
  • common mugwort53 obs
  • dame's rocket50 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1468900524

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