Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden
Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 277 m. Hannas Knob stands 417 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is UPitt Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Rodef Shalom Congregation
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
- 24.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Named places within 25 miles
- UPitt Playground: 0.1 mi
- Shady Oak Yard: 0.2 mi
- Ascension Green: 0.2 mi
- Peace Garden: 0.5 mi
- Schenley Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Inverted Dancer: 0.1 mi
- Jesus Statue: 0.1 mi
- The Love of Two Oranges: 0.2 mi
- St. John Baptist de La Salle Statue: 0.2 mi
- Walking to the Sky: 0.2 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 0.5 mi
- Herron Hill: 0.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.2 mi
- Riverview Hill: 2.1 mi
- Clayton Hill: 2.3 mi
- The Hiker - Spanish American War Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Roslyn Place: 0.6 mi
- Home Plate from Forbes Stadium: 0.7 mi
- Pillars In Squirrel Hill: 1.5 mi
- Pillars In Squirrel Hill: 1.5 mi
- Oakcliffe Greenway: 1.4 mi
- The Saddle: 3.4 mi
- Hays Woods Park: 3.6 mi
- Grandview Overlook Park: 3.6 mi
- Chatham Village Greenspace: 4.1 mi
- Alcohol House: 0.4 mi
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History: 0.5 mi
- Stephen Foster Memorial Museum: 0.5 mi
- Nationality Rooms: 0.5 mi
- University Art Gallery: 0.6 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 0.2 mi
- Kraus Winter Garden: 0.3 mi
- Kraus Campo: 0.4 mi
- Phipps Conservatory: 0.6 mi
- Phipps Conservatory: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 7.4 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 7.4 mi
- Grove: 9.4 mi
- Upper Orchard: 9.7 mi
- Heinz Memorial Chapel: 0.5 mi
- Stephen Foster Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Cathedral of Learning: 0.5 mi
- William Pitt Union: 0.7 mi
- Pittsburgh Yarn Company: 2.7 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 7.1 mi
- Tiger Beach: 7.6 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.9 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.9 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 17.0 mi
- Hay's Wall: 3.9 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 11.3 mi
- Point Pleasant: 22.2 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 6.8 mi
- Snake Run: 22.3 mi
- Francis Spring: 11.4 mi
- Lacock Spring: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannas Knob | SW 222° | 417 m | 18.7 mi |
| Pollocks Knob | S 182° | 407 m | 13.5 mi |
| Herron Hill | WNW 303° | 384 m | 0.9 mi |
| Rich Hill | NNE 30° | 365 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | ENE 56° | 229.2 m | 5.6 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 | 16:13 | 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.
- Western Honey Bee1,121 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly667 obs
- American Robin643 obs
- White-tailed Deer560 obs
- False Milkweed Bug460 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel458 obs
- common mugwort392 obs
- Huron Skipper374 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1469556871
Day trips start here
- Green Tree · 6 mi
- Ross Township · 7 mi
- Mt. Lebanon · 8 mi
- Robinson Township · 10 mi
- Franklin Park · 12 mi
- Coraopolis · 13 mi
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