Site of Strickler's Drug Store, Home of the Banana Split
Site of Strickler's Drug Store, Home of the Banana Split is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 308 m. Bald Knob stands 893 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Strickler's Pharmacy, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 9.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Paradise Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Strickler's Pharmacy: 0.0 mi
- Rogers Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
- Parklet: 0.0 mi
- Legion-Kenner Park: 0.4 mi
- Cardinal Park: 0.4 mi
- Heinz Hill: 10.6 mi
- 1440: 10.7 mi
- Bear Rocks: 10.7 mi
- 1420: 10.8 mi
- 1462: 11.2 mi
- Latrobe War Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Vietnam Veterans of Westmoreland Co. Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Statue: 9.0 mi
- Saint Filumena Shrine: 9.1 mi
- Fort Ligonier: 9.4 mi
- Tipping Bucket: 6.7 mi
- Soak Zone: 6.7 mi
- Wild Mouse: 6.8 mi
- Olde Idlewild: 6.8 mi
- Daniel Tiger Stage: 6.8 mi
- Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve: 2.1 mi
- Laurel Summit State Park: 17.6 mi
- Buttermilk Falls Natural Area: 18.2 mi
- Alpine Park: 18.9 mi
- Tomer Reserve: 19.1 mi
- KLBE Air Museum: 2.6 mi
- Ligonier Valley Rail Road Museum: 6.5 mi
- Westmoreland Museum of American Art: 8.4 mi
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 9.5 mi
- Powder Mill Nature Reserve: 12.3 mi
- Monastic Garden Area: 2.0 mi
- Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve Colonial Garden: 2.2 mi
- Penn State Master Gardeners’ Richard E. Thorn Memorial Gardens: 6.1 mi
- Formal Garden: 8.3 mi
- McKeesport Arboretum and Rose Garden: 23.2 mi
- Spirit of the Warrior: 23.7 mi
- The Arch: 23.9 mi
- Castleform: 23.9 mi
- Ghost: 23.9 mi
- The Crimson Hawk: 24.0 mi
- Ninety Foot Rocks: 13.7 mi
- Wolf Rocks: 15.8 mi
- Beam Rocks: 17.5 mi
- Laurel Hill: 22.0 mi
- Kooser Spring: 18.3 mi
- Francis Spring: 20.8 mi
- Paterson Spring: 23.2 mi
- Slovak Club Picnic Grounds: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Livermore: 10.4 mi
- West Overton: 16.8 mi
- Cole Run Falls: 24.4 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 24.9 mi
- Keystone Beach: 4.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Site of Strickler's Drug Store, Home of the Banana Split. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | SE 145° | 893 m | 16.9 mi |
| Painter Rock Hill | SSE 165° | 893 m | 17.9 mi |
| Sugar Camp Hill | ESE 111° | 887 m | 16.0 mi |
| Pea Vine Hill | SE 127° | 886 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mystery Hill | ESE 113° | 878 m | 16.1 mi |
| Pike's Peak | ESE 117° | 868 m | 16.1 mi |
| Irwin Hill | ESE 107° | 868 m | 16.6 mi |
| Ulery Hill | SE 132° | 863 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:11 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:12 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Pleasant, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11938261328
Day trips start here
- Greensburg · 8 mi
- New Stanton · 13 mi
- Donegal · 14 mi
- Irwin · 17 mi
- Connellsville · 23 mi
- Somerset · 27 mi
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