Joyce Kilmer Memorial
Joyce Kilmer Memorial is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 312 m. Mount Wheeler stands 450 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Grove, a picnic site 0.3 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 7.6 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- Memorial to Joyce Kilmer, Soldier Poet, Born Dec-6-1886, Killed in action near Ourcy, France, July-30-1918
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
- 14.9 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Exercise Trail: 0.5 mi
- Buffalo Ridge: 0.5 mi
- South Park: 0.5 mi
- Wave pool lounge area: 0.6 mi
- Maple Springs: 0.6 mi
- Buffalo Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Shamrock Woods: 2.5 mi
- Hoodridge Park: 3.2 mi
- Wiltshire Park: 3.3 mi
- Iroquois Park: 3.7 mi
- statue base: 2.4 mi
- The Sail: 6.4 mi
- Fredosaurus Rex: 7.8 mi
- Shrine Of The Blessed Mother: 8.2 mi
- McKeesport Model Railroad Club: 8.3 mi
- Vale of Cashmere: 0.4 mi
- Edgebrook Shelter: 0.7 mi
- Edgebrook Bridge: 0.7 mi
- Spreading Oak Spring: 0.9 mi
- Sully's Pool seating: 0.9 mi
- Bethel Park Historical Society: 1.3 mi
- Historical Society of Mount Lebanon: 4.5 mi
- Bridgeville Area Historical Society: 6.0 mi
- National Carpatho-Rusyn Cultural and Educational Center: 8.2 mi
- Fort Pitt Museum: 8.4 mi
- South Park Demonstration Garden: 0.3 mi
- Daffodil Hill: 0.8 mi
- Bethel Park Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Traut Triangle: 3.9 mi
- Lavina Avenue Garden: 5.1 mi
- Pollocks Knob: 5.5 mi
- Prospect Hill: 8.5 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 9.0 mi
- Monument Hill: 9.0 mi
- Mt. Thornburg: 9.1 mi
- Silent Brook Well: 0.6 mi
- Hundred Acres Manor Haunted House: 1.0 mi
- Canton Avenue: 6.3 mi
- USS Requin: 8.7 mi
- William Pitt Union: 9.0 mi
- Grove: 0.3 mi
- Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 9.0 mi
- Harvest: 9.4 mi
- Springvale: 9.4 mi
- North Woods: 9.5 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 8.6 mi
- Tiger Beach: 8.6 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 9.1 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 9.2 mi
- Redds Beach: 13.4 mi
- Hay's Wall: 6.0 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 9.0 mi
- Point Pleasant: 20.0 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 9.2 mi
- Francis Spring: 12.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Joyce Kilmer Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wheeler | SW 223° | 450 m | 17.9 mi |
| Sheppler Hill | SE 138° | 429 m | 15.4 mi |
| Garrett Hill | WSW 248° | 420 m | 17.9 mi |
| Rich Hill | SE 139° | 420 m | 18.4 mi |
| Hannas Knob | WSW 240° | 417 m | 10.4 mi |
| Pollocks Knob | SSE 147° | 407 m | 5.5 mi |
| Cemetery Hill | SW 230° | 397 m | 17.0 mi |
| Herron Hill | NNE 16° | 384 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:13 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:14 | 16:58 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pittsburgh Allegheny CO AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8011419448
Day trips start here
- Mt. Lebanon · 4 mi
- Green Tree · 7 mi
- Robinson Township · 12 mi
- Ross Township · 14 mi
- Coraopolis · 16 mi
- Irwin · 16 mi
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