Fanny Sellins
Fanny Sellins is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 310 m. Herron Hill stands 384 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Roosevelt Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- An organizer for the United Mine Workers, Fannie Sellins was brutally gunned down in Brackenridge on the eve of a nationwide steel strike, on August 26, 1919. Her devotion to the workers' cause made her an important symbolic figure. Both she and Joseph St
How to reach it
- 16.4 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Roosevelt Park: 0.5 mi
- A-K Valley Park LLC: 0.7 mi
- City of Arnold - 18th Street Baseball Field: 0.7 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Sycamore Island: 8.1 mi
- Tomer Reserve: 8.3 mi
- Glenwood Park: 9.1 mi
- Evergreen Park: 9.2 mi
- Cottonwood-Sunnyfield Park: 9.5 mi
- Veteran Monmument: 1.1 mi
- Willie Thrower (1930-2002): 1.1 mi
- Gold Star Mothers Memorial Honor Roll: 1.2 mi
- Eddie Adams (1933-2004): 1.3 mi
- Stephanie Kwolek (1923-2014): 1.3 mi
- Large Scale Systems Museum (LSSM): 1.2 mi
- Rachel Carson Homestead: 2.8 mi
- Kerr Museum: 6.2 mi
- Hartwood Acres Mansion: 8.0 mi
- Bloop Museum: 8.3 mi
- Ring Series: 7.8 mi
- Monumental Holistic Image IV: 7.9 mi
- Tower Iron: 8.0 mi
- Hence: 8.0 mi
- Margie and Pete: 8.0 mi
- Hartwood Circle Garden: 8.7 mi
- Penn Hills Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Penn Hills Entrance Garden: Rodi Road: 10.1 mi
- A Second Chance Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Dornbush Rain Garden: 10.9 mi
- McCracken Hill: 3.6 mi
- McKelvey Hill: 4.1 mi
- Rich Hill: 4.3 mi
- Mt. Sycamore: 8.1 mi
- Gascola slag dump summit: 8.5 mi
- Tour-Ed Mine: 2.4 mi
- Lookout Point: 11.2 mi
- Pittsburgh Yarn Company: 11.8 mi
- Westinghouse Atom Smasher: 12.6 mi
- Heinz Memorial Chapel: 13.9 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 6.1 mi
- Upper Orchard: 9.3 mi
- Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 14.0 mi
- Picnic tables for Building 800: 18.6 mi
- Picnic Tables for Building 500: 18.7 mi
- Tunnelville Beach: 16.4 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 19.7 mi
- Tiger Beach: 20.3 mi
- Keystone Beach: 24.5 mi
- Hay's Wall: 16.4 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 24.2 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 14.9 mi
- Francis Spring: 16.8 mi
- Livermore: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fanny Sellins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herron Hill | SW 230° | 384 m | 13.7 mi |
| Locust Knob | ESE 114° | 380 m | 16.9 mi |
| Rich Hill | W 270° | 365 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | SW 220° | 229 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:13 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:12 | 16:56 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natrona Lock 4, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9861114545
Day trips start here
- Ross Township · 14 mi
- Franklin Park · 17 mi
- Irwin · 18 mi
- Green Tree · 19 mi
- Cranberry · 20 mi
- Mt. Lebanon · 21 mi
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