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Westmoreland Museum of American Art

Westmoreland Museum of American Art is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 360 m. Sun Hill stands 655 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Clair Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The story

The Westmoreland Museum of American Art is an art museum in Greensburg, Pennsylvania devoted to American art, with a particular concentration on the art of southwestern Pennsylvania.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1959.

Wikidata Q7989293, matched on coordinates and name (1 m apart).

What to expect

Fee
No
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.30599, -79.54481

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Saint Clair Park: 0.2 mi
  • Parklet: 0.2 mi
  • Coulter Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lynch Field Park: 0.6 mi
  • Spring Ave Park and Playground: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • 1420: 4.2 mi
  • 1440: 4.9 mi
  • 1300: 4.9 mi
  • 1462: 5.0 mi
  • 1320: 5.5 mi
Attractions: 49
  • Tipping Bucket: 14.2 mi
  • Soak Zone: 14.2 mi
  • Wild Mouse: 14.3 mi
  • Olde Idlewild: 14.3 mi
  • Daniel Tiger Stage: 14.4 mi
Museums: 34
Artworks: 34
Gardens: 31
  • Formal Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Penn State Master Gardeners’ Richard E. Thorn Memorial Gardens: 2.4 mi
  • Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve Colonial Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Monastic Garden Area: 8.0 mi
  • McKeesport Arboretum and Rose Garden: 14.9 mi
Nature reserves: 26
  • Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve: 7.9 mi
  • Alpine Park: 12.1 mi
  • Valley Park: 12.1 mi
  • Lowber Passive Mine Water Treatment Plant: 12.3 mi
  • Heritage Park: 12.7 mi
Picnic sites: 16
Beaches: 5
  • Keystone Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 21.2 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 21.2 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 21.2 mi
  • Redds Beach: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 2
  • Francis Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Kooser Spring: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Thompson Run Falls: 16.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sun HillSSE 160°655 m18.4 mi
Ore Mine HillS 173°500 m15.3 mi
Heinz HillESE 112°489 m17.4 mi
Fort HillSSW 208°478 m16.4 mi
Shooters HillESE 110°471 m18.4 mi
RoundtopSSW 204°432 m16.1 mi
Sheppler HillSW 234°429 m17.7 mi
Rich HillSW 224°420 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5419:30
June solstice05:4920:1120:52
September equinox07:0618:4119:17
December solstice07:3816:1216:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139495967717063524234
Precip in3.32.23.43.64.34.94.44.03.53.23.43.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Pleasant, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/641022387

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