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Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts from directly overhead

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts 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 Breath, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 4.4 miles off.

The story

building in Pennsylvania, United States

Dates from 1945.

Wikidata Q7199244, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.45238, -79.92015

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Mellon Park: 0.2 mi
  • Kenmawr Field: 0.2 mi
  • Liberty Green Park: 0.7 mi
  • Wightman Park: 0.7 mi
  • Enright Parklet: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Pillars In Squirrel Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Pillars In Squirrel Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Roslyn Place: 0.8 mi
  • Holocaust Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • The Hiker - Spanish American War Memorial: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Cowboy Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Clayton Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Riverview Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 2.6 mi
  • Briarcliff Park: 3.8 mi
  • Churchill Valley Greenway: 4.0 mi
  • Hays Woods Park: 4.2 mi
  • Kerrwood Park: 4.3 mi
Gardens: 56
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 6.4 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 9.4 mi
  • Grove: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 6
  • Thornburg Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.2 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.2 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 10.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pollocks KnobS 187°407 m13.9 mi
Herron HillW 275°384 m2.0 mi
Rich HillNNE 25°365 m9.9 mi
Mt. SycamoreNE 51°229.2 m4.4 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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/257862194

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