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The Frick Pittsburgh

The Frick Pittsburgh from directly overhead

The Frick Pittsburgh 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 Car & Carraige Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 5.2 miles off.

The story

cluster of museums and historical buildings in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Wikidata Q3753155, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Fee
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Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.44717, -79.90172

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Cowboy Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Clayton Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Riverview Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 2.3 mi
Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Churchill Valley Greenway: 3.1 mi
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 3.4 mi
  • Sycamore Island: 3.9 mi
  • Briarcliff Park: 4.3 mi
  • Hays Woods Park: 4.4 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 2.7 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 6.1 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 6.1 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 9.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 6
  • Thornburg Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.9 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.9 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 9.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of The Frick Pittsburgh. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pollocks KnobS 191°407 m13.7 mi
Herron HillW 280°384 m3.0 mi
Rich HillNNE 19°365 m9.9 mi
Mt. SycamoreNE 38°229.2 m3.9 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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/700780240

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