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Devils Hollow Conservation Area

Devils Hollow Conservation Area from directly overhead

Devils Hollow Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 279 m. Portersville Hill stands 445 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Walker Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Allegheny Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates40.57642, -80.18492

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Walker Park: 0.8 mi
  • Firemans Park: 1.4 mi
  • Morrow-Pontefract Park: 1.6 mi
  • Oak Street Park: 1.7 mi
  • Sewickley Heights Borough Park: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens: 60
Artworks
Museums: 60
Peaks: 33
  • Bunker Hill: 7.7 mi
  • North Field: 8.6 mi
  • Clover Hill: 9.4 mi
  • Big Knob: 10.0 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 10.8 mi
Attractions: 24
  • The Edgeworth Club: 2.1 mi
  • Giant Chair: 2.8 mi
  • Fern Hollow Nature Center: 2.8 mi
  • USS Requin: 12.6 mi
  • 155mm Gun M1: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Picnic tables for Building 800: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Tables for Building 500: 8.6 mi
  • picnic tables: 9.2 mi
  • Picnic Table: 9.2 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 11
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 3
  • BAB: 9.9 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Thornburg Beach: 11.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Lacock Spring: 9.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Devils Hollow Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Portersville HillN 5°445 m24.4 mi
Quakers KnobSW 216°443 m20.0 mi
Big KnobN 355°423 m10.0 mi
Hannas KnobS 179°417 m22.9 mi
Stewart HillW 275°412 m18.0 mi
Herron HillSE 125°384 m14.6 mi
Beatty HillWNW 303°380 m20.7 mi
Fridays HillN 349°380 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5719:33
June solstice05:5120:1420:56
September equinox07:0918:4419:20
December solstice07:4216:1416:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138516170747366544234
Precip in2.62.73.23.63.64.23.93.23.42.82.72.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwillard Dashields L&D, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/803500000

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