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NW Allegheny Conservation Area - ALT

NW Allegheny Conservation Area - ALT from directly overhead

NW Allegheny Conservation Area - ALT is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 365 m. Portersville Hill stands 445 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Acorn Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Allegheny Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.58342, -80.11374

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Acorn Park: 0.3 mi
  • Blueberry Hill Park: 0.8 mi
  • Ohio Township Community Park: 1.6 mi
  • Sewickley Hills Borough Park: 1.6 mi
  • Bell Acres Recreation Park: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Fifer's Fields Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
  • NW Allegheny Conservation Area - ALT: 1.0 mi
  • Audubon Greenway Conservation Area 1 & 2: 1.5 mi
  • Hunt Road Conservation Area - ALT: 1.5 mi
  • Ohio Twp Connector Conservation Area - ALT: 1.9 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums: 60
Gardens: 59
  • Grogan Lawn Care LLC: 2.8 mi
  • Fern Hollow Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Saint Francis Peace Garden: 5.3 mi
  • 80th Division Monument - Demonstration Garden: 6.2 mi
  • North Park Arboretum: 6.4 mi
Peaks: 47
  • North Field: 5.1 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Mt. Thornburg: 10.3 mi
  • Big Knob: 10.5 mi
  • Monument Hill: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Giant Chair: 3.3 mi
  • Fern Hollow Nature Center: 3.3 mi
  • The Edgeworth Club: 4.7 mi
  • USS Requin: 10.8 mi
  • Lookout Point: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • picnic tables: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Table: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic tables for Building 800: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Tables for Building 500: 6.7 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Thornburg Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 10.8 mi
  • BAB: 12.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Lacock Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Francis Spring: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Portersville HillN 357°445 m23.9 mi
Quakers KnobSW 223°443 m22.8 mi
Big KnobNNW 334°423 m10.5 mi
Hannas KnobS 188°417 m23.6 mi
Stewart HillW 273°412 m21.6 mi
Pollocks KnobSSE 159°407 m24.4 mi
Herron HillSE 137°384 m12.1 mi
Fridays HillNNW 340°380 m23.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5719:33
June solstice05:5120:1420:55
September equinox07:0918:4319:19
December solstice07:4116:1416:57

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1050085721

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