Rachel Carson Homestead
Rachel Carson Homestead is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 300 m. Herron Hill stands 384 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Williams Street Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
birthplace of Rachel Carson
Dates from 1870.
Wikidata Q7279187, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Williams Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Rachel Carson Park: 0.9 mi
- Barking Slopes: 0.9 mi
- Cheswick Veterans Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Barking Slopes: 1.0 mi
- Harwick Coal Miners Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Fort Crawford: 1.3 mi
- Harwick Veterans Memorial: 1.3 mi
- In honor of World War 1917-1919: 1.4 mi
- Eddie Adams (1933-2004): 1.6 mi
- McKelvey Hill: 1.3 mi
- McCracken Hill: 1.9 mi
- Rich Hill: 3.9 mi
- Mt. Sycamore: 5.3 mi
- Gascola slag dump summit: 5.9 mi
- Sycamore Island: 5.4 mi
- Glenwood Park: 6.5 mi
- Evergreen Park: 6.7 mi
- Cottonwood-Sunnyfield Park: 6.9 mi
- Tomer Reserve: 7.2 mi
- Ring Series: 6.5 mi
- Monumental Holistic Image IV: 6.6 mi
- Tower Iron: 6.7 mi
- North Light: 6.8 mi
- Hence: 6.8 mi
- Penn Hills Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Penn Hills Entrance Garden: Rodi Road: 7.4 mi
- Hartwood Circle Garden: 7.5 mi
- A Second Chance Community Garden: 8.1 mi
- Dornbush Rain Garden: 8.1 mi
- Large Scale Systems Museum (LSSM): 1.6 mi
- Kerr Museum: 3.6 mi
- Bloop Museum: 5.5 mi
- Hartwood Acres Mansion: 6.8 mi
- Bayernhof Music Museum: 7.7 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 3.7 mi
- Upper Orchard: 8.5 mi
- Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 11.4 mi
- picnic tables: 12.5 mi
- Tour-Ed Mine: 5.1 mi
- Lookout Point: 8.9 mi
- Pittsburgh Yarn Company: 9.1 mi
- Westinghouse Atom Smasher: 9.9 mi
- Heinz Memorial Chapel: 11.3 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 17.3 mi
- Tiger Beach: 17.9 mi
- Tunnelville Beach: 18.9 mi
- Keystone Beach: 24.3 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 24.8 mi
- Hay's Wall: 13.7 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 21.8 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 12.2 mi
- Francis Spring: 14.3 mi
- Livermore: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Rachel Carson Homestead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herron Hill | SW 236° | 384 m | 11.2 mi |
| Locust Knob | ESE 105° | 380 m | 17.3 mi |
| Rich Hill | NW 309° | 365 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | SW 225° | 229.2 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:13 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:12 | 16:56 |
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 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acmetonia Lock 3, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/351549368
Day trips start here
- Ross Township · 13 mi
- Franklin Park · 16 mi
- Irwin · 16 mi
- Green Tree · 17 mi
- Mt. Lebanon · 18 mi
- Robinson Township · 19 mi
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