Merrick Art Gallery
Merrick Art Gallery is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 228 m. Portersville Hill stands 445 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Fishing Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway passes 15 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Merrick Art Gallery is an early private art museum in western Pennsylvania, founded by industrialist Edward Dempster Merrick in 1880 in the old New Brighton, Pennsylvania railroad station. The gallery, or museum, was expanded to two connected buildings holding 240 works of art, and remains open, free-of-charge, to the public. The gallery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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Wikidata Q16895043, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 15.4 mi off the Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway
- 12.6 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 25.1 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Fishing Park: 0.2 mi
- Townsend Park: 0.4 mi
- Francona Park: 0.6 mi
- Hunkey Alley Park: 0.7 mi
- New Brighton Parklet: 0.8 mi
- Sahli Nature Park: 5.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 173: 9.1 mi
- Hereford Manor Lakes: 9.7 mi
- Beaverkettle Farms Conservation Land: 10.7 mi
- Beaverkettle Farms Conservation Land: 11.0 mi
- Joe Namath, Beaver Falls Hall of Famer: 1.5 mi
- Rochester War Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Rochester Civil War Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Clock Tower: 2.6 mi
- Beaver Vietnam Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Air Heritage Museum: 5.2 mi
- Beaver County Industrial Museum: 7.9 mi
- Ellwood City Area Historical Society: 8.7 mi
- Zelienople Historical Society: 10.0 mi
- Harmony Museum: 10.7 mi
- Totus Tuus: 13.7 mi
- World's Largest Teapot: 15.2 mi
- Mars Spaceship: 15.9 mi
- Gorilla Statue: 16.4 mi
- Arch: 16.6 mi
- Beaver Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 5.4 mi
- Fern Hollow Community Garden: 15.5 mi
- Herb Garden: 16.3 mi
- Grogan Lawn Care LLC: 16.9 mi
- Steffens Hill: 2.6 mi
- Big Knob: 5.8 mi
- Bunker Hill: 7.1 mi
- Clover Hill: 9.1 mi
- Beatty Hill: 10.9 mi
- Snake Run: 5.4 mi
- Homewood Falls: 5.7 mi
- Purgatory Falls: 11.0 mi
- Upper Sheepskin Hollow Falls: 11.4 mi
- Fredericktown Falls: 11.7 mi
- Picnic Tables for Building 500: 12.1 mi
- Picnic tables for Building 800: 12.2 mi
- Rider's Ridge: 16.4 mi
- Picnic Table: 17.2 mi
- picnic tables: 18.3 mi
- 155mm Gun M1: 1.4 mi
- Indian Rock: 9.4 mi
- Harmony Weaver's Cabin: 10.8 mi
- The Edgeworth Club: 14.4 mi
- Giant Chair: 15.4 mi
- BAB: 2.8 mi
- Lakeview Beach: 18.9 mi
- Tiger Beach: 24.1 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 24.1 mi
- Warriors Point: 21.8 mi
- Point Pleasant: 21.8 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 24.8 mi
- Lacock Spring: 3.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Merrick Art Gallery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portersville Hill | NNE 33° | 445 m | 16.2 mi |
| Round Knob | WSW 258° | 433 m | 19.4 mi |
| Big Knob | E 98° | 423 m | 5.8 mi |
| Stewart Hill | SW 230° | 412 m | 14.7 mi |
| Fletcher Hill | N 356° | 410 m | 13.4 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 356° | 409 m | 13.1 mi |
| Beatty Hill | W 272° | 380 m | 10.9 mi |
| Fridays Hill | N 11° | 380 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:57 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:15 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:14 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 29 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaver Falls 1 NE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Cranberry · 11 mi
- Sewickley · 15 mi
- Franklin Park · 16 mi
- Coraopolis · 17 mi
- Robinson Township · 21 mi
- Ross Township · 21 mi
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