Dead Man's Hollow Conservation Area
Dead Man's Hollow Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 307 m. Sheppler Hill stands 429 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is 1166, a peak 0.2 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Allegheny Land Trust
How to reach it
- 11.3 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
- 19.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
- 28.1 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- 1166: 0.2 mi
- 1162: 0.2 mi
- 1158: 0.3 mi
- 1118: 0.3 mi
- 1094: 0.4 mi
- Thelma S. Wunderley Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
- Renziehausen Park: 2.1 mi
- Clairton Park: 2.5 mi
- Glassport Honor Roll Park: 2.6 mi
- Kennedy Park: 2.8 mi
- Boston Honor Roll: 1.1 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 2.5 mi
- Fountain;John F. Kennedy Memorial: 2.8 mi
- McKeesport War Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Buena Vista War Memorial: 3.6 mi
- McKeesport Model Railroad Club: 1.6 mi
- The Sail: 4.1 mi
- statue base: 6.3 mi
- Shrine Of The Blessed Mother: 10.0 mi
- The Campo: 10.2 mi
- South Taylor Environmental Park: 6.0 mi
- Lowber Passive Mine Water Treatment Plant: 6.2 mi
- Pioneer Park: 7.8 mi
- Kelvington Park: 7.9 mi
- Hays Woods Park: 7.9 mi
- McKeesport Arboretum and Rose Garden: 2.2 mi
- Braddock Farms: 6.0 mi
- Swissvale Community Pollinator Garden: 7.9 mi
- South Park Demonstration Garden: 8.4 mi
- Daffodil Hill: 9.0 mi
- Elizabeth Township Historical Society: 1.2 mi
- McKeesport Heritage Center: 2.3 mi
- Spaceballs The Unauthorized Museum and Gift Shop: 4.0 mi
- National Carpatho-Rusyn Cultural and Educational Center: 7.2 mi
- Big Mac Museum: 8.2 mi
- North Woods: 4.3 mi
- Goldenrod: 4.3 mi
- Wagon Wheel: 4.4 mi
- Timothy 1: 4.6 mi
- Hay Loft: 4.6 mi
- Westinghouse Atom Smasher: 6.7 mi
- Hundred Acres Manor Haunted House: 8.6 mi
- Silent Brook Well: 8.9 mi
- Pittsburgh Yarn Company: 9.4 mi
- Stephen Foster Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 8.6 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 8.6 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 8.6 mi
- Redds Beach: 14.0 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 14.6 mi
- Hay's Wall: 7.4 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 16.8 mi
- Francis Spring: 4.0 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 4.5 mi
- West Overton: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Dead Man's Hollow Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheppler Hill | S 171° | 429 m | 11.2 mi |
| Rich Hill | SSE 165° | 420 m | 13.9 mi |
| Pollocks Knob | SW 232° | 407 m | 6.9 mi |
| Bald Hill | ESE 118° | 397 m | 12.6 mi |
| Herron Hill | NNW 329° | 384 m | 11.4 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | SSE 155° | 365 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | N 358° | 229.2 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:12 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:14 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mckeesport, 2 mi away.
- large white trillium40 obs
- mayapple36 obs
- Dryad's Saddle31 obs
- Dutchman's breeches30 obs
- Virginia bluebells29 obs
- bloodroot28 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort28 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit27 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/803502677
Day trips start here
- Irwin · 8 mi
- Mt. Lebanon · 11 mi
- Green Tree · 13 mi
- New Stanton · 14 mi
- Greensburg · 16 mi
- Ross Township · 17 mi
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