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King Museum

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King Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 296 m. Pollocks Knob stands 407 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is King Estate Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 5.2 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
296 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.47929, -79.92498

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • King Estate Park: 0.0 mi
  • Heth's Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Highland Park Flynn Parklet: 0.3 mi
  • Highland Park: 0.5 mi
  • Dinan Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
  • Griffins: 0.3 mi
  • Griffins: 0.4 mi
  • Guyasuta: 1.1 mi
  • Doris: 1.2 mi
  • Octavia the Octopus: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Briarcliff Park: 1.9 mi
  • Kerrwood Park: 2.4 mi
  • Sycamore Island: 3.7 mi
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 3.7 mi
  • Churchill Valley Greenway: 4.7 mi
Peaks
  • Herron Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Cowboy Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Clayton Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Riverview Hill: 3.4 mi
Gardens: 56
Museums: 55
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 2.9 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 5.2 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 7.6 mi
  • picnic tables: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 20
Beaches: 7
  • Thornburg Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 19.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 19.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 19.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 2
  • Francis Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Lacock Spring: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of King Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pollocks KnobS 185°407 m15.7 mi
Herron HillSW 226°384 m2.4 mi
Rich HillNNE 32°365 m8.4 mi
Mt. SycamoreENE 76°229.2 m3.8 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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/547354659

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