Fort Pitt Museum
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Fort Pitt Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 222 m. Hannas Knob stands 417 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Point State Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Fort Pitt Museum is an indoor/outdoor museum that is administered by the Senator John Heinz History Center in downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers, where the Ohio River is formed. Fort Pitt Museum is surrounded by Point State Park, a Pennsylvania state park named for the geographically and historically significant point that is between the rivers. This piece of land was key to controlling the upper reaches of the Ohio River Valley and western Pennsylvania, before, during and after the French and Indian War as well as the American Revolution. The museum is in a recreated bastion of Fort Pitt, which was originally built in 1758 by the British. An outline of Fort Duquesne is nearby. The historical focus of the museum is the role that Fort Pitt played during the French and Indian War. The museum also features detailed information on Fort Pitt's role during the American Revolution, the Whiskey Rebellion and the founding of Pittsburgh. The museum was established and operated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission until its closure in August 2009 from state budget cuts. The Heinz Center took over the operation of the museum and reopened it in April 2010.
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Dates from 1969.
Wikidata Q5471847, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 222 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
- 22.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Point State Park: 0.0 mi
- Gateway Center Park: 0.2 mi
- Liberty Avenue Park: 0.3 mi
- Mon Wharf Landing: 0.3 mi
- Triangle Park: 0.4 mi
- Fort Duquesne Tracery: 0.1 mi
- Fort Duquesne Historical Landmark: 0.1 mi
- Great Allegheny Passage: 0.2 mi
- James Mills: 0.3 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Pipe Dream IV: 0.2 mi
- The Builders: 0.5 mi
- The Forks: 0.6 mi
- Mythic Source: 0.6 mi
- Mythic Source: 0.6 mi
- Grandview Overlook Park: 0.5 mi
- The Saddle: 0.8 mi
- Chatham Village Greenspace: 1.0 mi
- Oakcliffe Greenway: 2.5 mi
- St John's Green: 2.9 mi
- Monument Hill: 0.6 mi
- Herron Hill: 2.9 mi
- Observatory Hill: 2.9 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 3.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.9 mi
- Welcome to Pittsburgh: 0.1 mi
- Welcome To Mount Washington: 0.4 mi
- Carole's Garden: 0.6 mi
- Allegheny Commons Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Learning Garden: 0.9 mi
- Museum of Illusions Pittsburgh: 0.4 mi
- Wood Street Galleries: 0.5 mi
- Kamin Science Center: 0.5 mi
- Highmark SportsWorks: 0.6 mi
- The Andy Warhol Museum: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 3.0 mi
- Grove: 8.2 mi
- White Pine Grove: 8.5 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 10.3 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 10.4 mi
- USS Requin: 0.6 mi
- Canton Avenue: 2.4 mi
- Canton Avenue: 2.4 mi
- Canton Avenue: 2.4 mi
- Canton Avenue: 2.4 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 3.6 mi
- Tiger Beach: 4.1 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.0 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.0 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 17.1 mi
- Hay's Wall: 4.9 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 7.9 mi
- Point Pleasant: 18.7 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 9.4 mi
- Snake Run: 20.6 mi
- Frankfort Mineral Springs: 22.5 mi
- Francis Spring: 14.0 mi
- Lacock Spring: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Fort Pitt Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannas Knob | SSW 213° | 417 m | 16.2 mi |
| Pollocks Knob | SSE 167° | 407 m | 13.4 mi |
| Herron Hill | ENE 70° | 384 m | 2.9 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NW 309° | 375 m | 20.6 mi |
| Rich Hill | NE 42° | 365 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | ENE 66° | 229.2 m | 8.9 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 | 07:41 | 16:14 | 16:57 |
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 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emsworth L/D Ohio RVR, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/109499955
Day trips start here
- Green Tree · 3 mi
- Mt. Lebanon · 5 mi
- Robinson Township · 6 mi
- Ross Township · 6 mi
- Coraopolis · 10 mi
- Franklin Park · 11 mi
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