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Fanny Sellins

Fanny Sellins from directly overhead

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.

What the record says

Material
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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

Coordinates40.58208, -79.75784

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Peaks
  • 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
Artworks
  • 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
Nature reserves
Museums: 58
Picnic sites: 21
  • Picnic Pavillion: 6.1 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 6.1 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 9.3 mi
  • picnic tables: 13.3 mi
  • Picnic Table: 13.9 mi
Attractions: 20
  • 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
Beaches: 4
  • Tunnelville Beach: 16.4 mi
  • Thornburg Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Keystone Beach: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Hay's Wall: 16.4 mi
  • Fossils Cliff: 24.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Thompson Run Falls: 14.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 16.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Fanny Sellins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Herron HillSW 230°384 m13.7 mi
Locust KnobESE 114°380 m16.9 mi
Rich HillW 270°365 m4.3 mi
Mt. SycamoreSW 220°229.2 m8.1 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: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138506169737265544233
Precip in3.12.83.33.63.94.34.33.54.03.13.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natrona Lock 4, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9861114545

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