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Gold Star Mothers Memorial Honor Roll

Gold Star Mothers Memorial Honor Roll from directly overhead

Gold Star Mothers Memorial Honor Roll 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 Barns Street Downtown Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

What the record says

Inscription
Gold Star Mothers Memorial Honor Roll with a list of names.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates40.56562, -79.76428

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Barns Street Downtown Playground: 0.1 mi
  • Gazebo Park: 0.1 mi
  • Parnasus Park: 0.5 mi
  • MASSA HARBISON PARK: 0.6 mi
  • A-K Valley Park LLC: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • McCracken Hill: 2.5 mi
  • McKelvey Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Rich Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Mt. Sycamore: 7.0 mi
  • Gascola slag dump summit: 7.4 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Ring Series: 7.4 mi
  • Monumental Holistic Image IV: 7.4 mi
  • Tower Iron: 7.6 mi
  • Hence: 7.6 mi
  • North Light: 7.6 mi
Museums: 56
Picnic sites: 21
  • Picnic Pavillion: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 5.2 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 9.1 mi
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 13.0 mi
  • picnic tables: 13.1 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Tour-Ed Mine: 3.6 mi
  • Lookout Point: 10.3 mi
  • Pittsburgh Yarn Company: 10.7 mi
  • Westinghouse Atom Smasher: 11.5 mi
  • Heinz Memorial Chapel: 12.9 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Tunnelville Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Thornburg Beach: 18.8 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Keystone Beach: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Hay's Wall: 15.3 mi
  • Fossils Cliff: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Thompson Run Falls: 13.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 15.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Gold Star Mothers Memorial Honor Roll. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Herron HillSW 233°384 m12.8 mi
Locust KnobESE 110°380 m16.7 mi
Rich HillWNW 286°365 m4.2 mi
Mt. SycamoreSW 223°229.2 m7.0 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/9846295009

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