The Frick Greenhouse
The Frick Greenhouse is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 303 m. Pollocks Knob stands 407 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Clayton Mansion, a museum 0.1 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 5.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
- 25.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cowboy Hill: 0.3 mi
- Clayton Hill: 0.8 mi
- Riverview Hill: 1.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.3 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 2.3 mi
- Westinghouse Park: 0.4 mi
- Dallas Parklet: 0.7 mi
- Mellon Park: 0.9 mi
- Upland Park: 1.0 mi
- Whitney Park: 1.0 mi
- Freedom and Liberation Wall: 0.6 mi
- Breath: 1.0 mi
- Captured::Pittsburgh Open Air Photography Gallery: 1.7 mi
- Doris: 2.2 mi
- Octavia the Octopus: 2.2 mi
- Pillars In Squirrel Hill: 0.8 mi
- Pillars In Squirrel Hill: 0.8 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Roslyn Place: 1.9 mi
- Homestead Labyrinth: 2.3 mi
- Churchill Valley Greenway: 3.0 mi
- Oakcliffe Greenway: 3.4 mi
- Sycamore Island: 3.8 mi
- Briarcliff Park: 4.3 mi
- Hays Woods Park: 4.4 mi
- Clayton Mansion: 0.1 mi
- The Frick Pittsburgh: 0.1 mi
- Car & Carraige Museum: 0.1 mi
- Frick Art and Historical Center: 0.1 mi
- Pittsburgh Center for the Arts: 1.0 mi
- Walled Garden: 1.0 mi
- Dornbush Rain Garden: 1.2 mi
- A Second Chance Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Highland Park Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Swissvale Community Pollinator Garden: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 6.0 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 6.1 mi
- Upper Orchard: 9.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Pittsburgh Yarn Company: 0.5 mi
- Heinz Memorial Chapel: 2.7 mi
- Stephen Foster Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Cathedral of Learning: 2.7 mi
- William Pitt Union: 2.9 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 9.3 mi
- Tiger Beach: 9.8 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: 4.5 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 13.4 mi
- Point Pleasant: 24.5 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 5.5 mi
- Snake Run: 23.8 mi
- Francis Spring: 9.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of The Frick Greenhouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pollocks Knob | S 191° | 407 m | 13.7 mi |
| Herron Hill | W 279° | 384 m | 3.1 mi |
| Rich Hill | NNE 19° | 365 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | NE 38° | 229.2 m | 3.9 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, 5 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer457 obs
- American Robin439 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk302 obs
- American cancer-root284 obs
- Northern Cardinal283 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel278 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly257 obs
- Blue Jay237 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/533490088
Day trips start here
- Green Tree · 8 mi
- Ross Township · 8 mi
- Mt. Lebanon · 9 mi
- Robinson Township · 12 mi
- Irwin · 13 mi
- Franklin Park · 14 mi
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