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Car & Carraige Museum

Car & Carraige Museum from directly overhead

Car & Carraige Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 302 m. Pollocks Knob stands 407 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is The Frick Pittsburgh, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 5.2 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
The Frick
Access
Yes
Fee
No
Step-free access
Limited

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.44711, -79.90211

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Cowboy Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Clayton Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Riverview Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 2.3 mi
Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Churchill Valley Greenway: 3.1 mi
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 3.3 mi
  • Sycamore Island: 3.9 mi
  • Briarcliff Park: 4.3 mi
  • Hays Woods Park: 4.4 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 2.7 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 6.1 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 6.1 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 9.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 6
  • Thornburg Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.8 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.9 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 9.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Car & Carraige Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pollocks KnobS 191°407 m13.7 mi
Herron HillW 280°384 m3.0 mi
Rich HillNNE 19°365 m9.9 mi
Mt. SycamoreNE 38°229.2 m4.0 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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/1371543259

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