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The Hyde Park Foot Bridge

The Hyde Park Foot Bridge from directly overhead

The Hyde Park Foot Bridge is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 237 m. Coleman Hill stands 502 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Pennsylvania Canal (Western Division), a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.

About

The story

borough in Pennsylvania, United States

Dates from 1898.

Wikidata Q1183100, matched on coordinates and name (811 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Material
aluminium
Inscription
Designed by the John A. Roebling’s Sons Co. of Trenton, NJ and constructed of wood on the piers of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s former East Leechburg Bridge in 1920. The original bridge washed away in the St. Patrick’s Day Flood of 1936. Rebuilt in 1937, i
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.62778, -79.59780
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Campbell Park: 0.3 mi
  • Leechburg School Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Fraley Park: 0.5 mi
  • Fraley Park: 0.5 mi
  • Leechburg Riverfront Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • Dime Hill: 5.5 mi
  • George Hill: 9.6 mi
  • McCracken Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Ford Hill: 10.7 mi
  • 1370: 12.1 mi
Artworks
  • Giant Cowboy: 13.4 mi
  • American Flag: 13.6 mi
  • Ring Series: 16.7 mi
  • Monumental Holistic Image IV: 16.7 mi
  • Hence: 16.8 mi
Museums: 46
Gardens: 40
Nature reserves: 28
  • Todd Nature Reserve: 9.1 mi
  • Tomer Reserve: 11.2 mi
  • Evergreen Park: 15.3 mi
  • Alpine Park: 15.6 mi
  • Glenwood Park: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Tour-Ed Mine: 8.5 mi
  • Community park: 12.0 mi
  • Westinghouse Atom Smasher: 19.8 mi
  • Pittsburgh Yarn Company: 20.0 mi
  • Lookout Point: 20.1 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Pavillion: 14.8 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 14.9 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 17.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
  • picnic tables: 21.8 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Tunnelville Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Keystone Beach: 20.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Francis Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Bradys Spring: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Thompson Run Falls: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Hay's Wall: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of The Hyde Park Foot Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Coleman HillE 88°502 m21.8 mi
Warner HillE 94°490 m19.9 mi
Watts HillE 96°481 m16.9 mi
Blanket HillNE 44°479 m13.4 mi
Russell HillENE 75°472 m16.6 mi
Kunkle HillENE 75°455 m21.4 mi
Vinegar HillE 90°400 m23.3 mi
Herron HillWSW 238°384 m22.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5519:31
June solstice05:4820:1220:53
September equinox07:0718:4119:17
December solstice07:3916:1116:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138526269737266554234
Precip in3.22.43.43.84.14.74.53.84.03.13.23.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Schenley Lock 5, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13046789698

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