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Yohogania Courthouse

Yohogania Courthouse from directly overhead

Yohogania Courthouse is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 232 m. Fort Hill stands 478 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Beedle Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Governmental and judicial center for Yohogania, a county erected by Virginia in asserting its claim to western Pennsylvania from 1777 to 1780. The site is on the hilltop opposite.
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Coordinates40.26152, -79.91163
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Beedle Park: 0.6 mi
  • Tepe Park: 1.1 mi
  • Jacob's Park: 1.4 mi
  • Elizabeth Riverfront Park: 1.5 mi
  • Gill Hall Community Park: 3.0 mi
Peaks
  • Pollocks Knob: 2.2 mi
  • 1162: 4.7 mi
  • 1094: 4.9 mi
  • 1166: 4.9 mi
  • 1158: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • statue base: 5.4 mi
  • McKeesport Model Railroad Club: 6.0 mi
  • The Sail: 6.7 mi
  • Shrine Of The Blessed Mother: 12.0 mi
  • Fredosaurus Rex: 12.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Poem: 5.5 mi
  • Boston Honor Roll: 5.6 mi
  • Sutersville War Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Edgebrook Bridge: 5.9 mi
  • Edgebrook Shelter: 5.9 mi
Gardens: 56
Museums: 55
Picnic sites: 19
  • Harvest: 3.0 mi
  • Springvale: 3.0 mi
  • Blue Grass 2: 3.2 mi
  • Timothy 1: 3.2 mi
  • Hay Loft: 3.2 mi
Attractions: 18
Beaches: 6
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 4.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 4.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 4.1 mi
  • Redds Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Thornburg Beach: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Hay's Wall: 9.1 mi
  • Fossils Cliff: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Thompson Run Falls: 8.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 8.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Yohogania Courthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fort HillSE 134°478 m16.4 mi
RoundtopSE 132°432 m17.4 mi
Sheppler HillSE 146°429 m9.1 mi
Rich HillSE 145°420 m12.0 mi
Hannas KnobW 265°417 m14.2 mi
Pollocks KnobWSW 253°407 m2.2 mi
Krepp KnobS 179°407 m16.1 mi
Bald HillE 100°397 m14.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

The recorded facing catches the sunset.

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5120:1320:53
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:4016:1416:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169737265534234
Precip in3.02.53.23.84.05.04.13.53.43.23.03.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mckeesport, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12015252220

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