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Welcome To Mount Washington

Welcome To Mount Washington from directly overhead

Welcome To Mount Washington is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 342 m. Hannas Knob stands 417 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Grandview Overlook Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.43524, -80.01320
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Grandview Overlook Park: 0.2 mi
  • Chatham Village Greenspace: 0.6 mi
  • The Saddle: 0.6 mi
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 2.6 mi
  • Green Tree Nature Center: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
  • World War I Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Fort Duquesne Historical Landmark: 0.5 mi
  • Fort Duquesne Tracery: 0.5 mi
  • Great Allegheny Passage: 0.5 mi
  • Point of View: 0.5 mi
Parks
Artworks
  • Pipe Dream IV: 0.6 mi
  • The Builders: 1.0 mi
  • The Forks: 1.0 mi
  • Mythic Source: 1.0 mi
  • Mythic Source: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Monument Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Herron Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 4.0 mi
Museums: 55
Gardens: 54
  • Welcome to Pittsburgh: 0.5 mi
  • Carole's Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Learning Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Allegheny Commons Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • UPMC Mercy Physical Therapy Garden: 1.5 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 3.2 mi
  • Grove: 7.8 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 8.3 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 10.7 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 10.8 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 7
  • Thornburg Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.7 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.7 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Thompson Run Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Snake Run: 20.8 mi
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs: 22.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Francis Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Lacock Spring: 22.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Welcome To Mount Washington. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hannas KnobSSW 214°417 m15.8 mi
Pollocks KnobSSE 165°407 m13.0 mi
Herron HillENE 65°384 m3.2 mi
Bunker HillNW 311°375 m20.7 mi
Rich HillNE 42°365 m13.6 mi
Mt. SycamoreENE 65°229.2 m9.2 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 solstice07:4116:1416:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240526270757366554435
Precip in3.42.83.23.23.53.53.63.23.22.82.83.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emsworth L/D Ohio RVR, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly657 obs
  • Rock Pigeon268 obs
  • American Robin217 obs
  • Canada Goose191 obs
  • Mallard188 obs
  • House Sparrow187 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel155 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail133 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/1323166661

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