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Homestead Labyrinth

Homestead Labyrinth from directly overhead

Homestead Labyrinth is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Pollocks Knob stands 407 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Homestead Works Pump House, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 5.3 miles off.

What the record says

Built
2009

How to reach it

Coordinates40.41424, -79.89828

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Homestead Works Pump House: 0.1 mi
  • Carrie Blast Furnace Number 6 and 7: 0.4 mi
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Holocaust Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Pillars In Squirrel Hill: 2.3 mi
Parks
  • Les Getz Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Collingwood Park: 0.5 mi
  • John F. Kennedy Park: 0.5 mi
  • Park Square: 0.6 mi
  • Vine Street Playground: 0.7 mi
Peaks
  • Riverview Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Clayton Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Cowboy Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 3.0 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Gardens: 56
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 8.1 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 8.1 mi
  • Grove: 8.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 6
  • Thornburg Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 14.6 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 14.6 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Thompson Run Falls: 3.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 8.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Homestead Labyrinth. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pollocks KnobSSW 194°407 m11.5 mi
Herron HillNW 312°384 m4.2 mi
Rich HillNNE 15°365 m12.0 mi
Mt. SycamoreNNE 23°229.2 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5020:1320:54
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:4016:1316:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303140516170747366554435
Precip in3.22.73.33.23.94.73.83.73.32.92.93.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Braddock Lock 2, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/862184245

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