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Eddie Adams (1933-2004)

Eddie Adams (1933-2004) from directly overhead

Eddie Adams (1933-2004) is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 236 m. Herron Hill stands 384 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Large Scale Systems Museum (LSSM), a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

What the record says

Inscription
Photojournalist and Pulitzer Prize winner for the 1968 image Saigon Execution, which was influential in swaying public opinion against the Vietnam War. Adams began his career as a photographer for his high school yearbook and the local newspaper. After re

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates40.56514, -79.76642

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gazebo Park: 0.1 mi
  • Barns Street Downtown Playground: 0.1 mi
  • Parnasus Park: 0.5 mi
  • MASSA HARBISON PARK: 0.7 mi
  • A-K Valley Park LLC: 0.8 mi
Peaks
  • McCracken Hill: 2.5 mi
  • McKelvey Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Rich Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Mt. Sycamore: 6.9 mi
  • Gascola slag dump summit: 7.3 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Ring Series: 7.3 mi
  • Monumental Holistic Image IV: 7.3 mi
  • Tower Iron: 7.5 mi
  • Hence: 7.5 mi
  • North Light: 7.5 mi
Museums: 56
Picnic sites: 21
  • Picnic Pavillion: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 5.1 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 9.0 mi
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 12.9 mi
  • picnic tables: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Tour-Ed Mine: 3.6 mi
  • Lookout Point: 10.2 mi
  • Pittsburgh Yarn Company: 10.6 mi
  • Westinghouse Atom Smasher: 11.4 mi
  • Heinz Memorial Chapel: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Tunnelville Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Thornburg Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Keystone Beach: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Hay's Wall: 15.2 mi
  • Fossils Cliff: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Thompson Run Falls: 13.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Eddie Adams (1933-2004). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Herron HillSW 233°384 m12.6 mi
Locust KnobESE 110°380 m16.8 mi
Rich HillWNW 287°365 m4.1 mi
Mt. SycamoreSW 223°229.2 m6.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5519:31
June solstice05:4920:1320:54
September equinox07:0718:4219:18
December solstice07:4016:1216:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506068737165534234
Precip in3.42.93.73.73.94.44.53.64.23.33.33.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acmetonia Lock 3, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9846353209

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