South Taylor Environmental Park
South Taylor Environmental Park is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 357 m. Sheppler Hill stands 429 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 5.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- US Steel
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
- 18.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Prospect Park: 1.1 mi
- Highland School Playground: 1.2 mi
- Pleasant Kingdom: 1.6 mi
- Whitehall Park: 1.7 mi
- Leland Park: 1.7 mi
- Poem: 1.9 mi
- Spreading Oak Spring: 3.2 mi
- Sully's Pool seating: 3.5 mi
- Vale of Cashmere: 3.6 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 3.9 mi
- statue base: 1.9 mi
- The Sail: 2.7 mi
- McKeesport Model Railroad Club: 5.3 mi
- Shrine Of The Blessed Mother: 5.4 mi
- Fredosaurus Rex: 5.5 mi
- Hays Woods Park: 3.0 mi
- Buffalo Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Hoodridge Park: 5.0 mi
- Oakcliffe Greenway: 5.6 mi
- Iroquois Park: 5.7 mi
- Prospect Hill: 5.4 mi
- 1104: 5.5 mi
- 1094: 5.6 mi
- 1104: 5.7 mi
- Riverview Hill: 5.8 mi
- Hilltop Urban Farm: 4.0 mi
- Daffodil Hill: 4.0 mi
- South Park Demonstration Garden: 4.0 mi
- Traut Triangle: 4.4 mi
- Bandi Schaum Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- National Carpatho-Rusyn Cultural and Educational Center: 4.4 mi
- Bethel Park Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Historical Society of Mount Lebanon: 5.4 mi
- University Art Gallery: 6.1 mi
- Alcohol House: 6.2 mi
- Grove: 3.9 mi
- Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 6.2 mi
- North Woods: 8.7 mi
- Goldenrod: 8.7 mi
- Wagon Wheel: 8.8 mi
- Hundred Acres Manor Haunted House: 3.5 mi
- Silent Brook Well: 4.0 mi
- Canton Avenue: 5.8 mi
- Canton Avenue: 5.8 mi
- Canton Avenue: 5.8 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 8.7 mi
- Tiger Beach: 8.9 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 10.4 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 10.4 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 10.5 mi
- Hay's Wall: 2.6 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 10.8 mi
- Point Pleasant: 22.4 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 5.4 mi
- Francis Spring: 8.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of South Taylor Environmental Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheppler Hill | SSE 153° | 429 m | 15.5 mi |
| Rich Hill | SSE 151° | 420 m | 18.5 mi |
| Hannas Knob | WSW 238° | 417 m | 14.3 mi |
| Pollocks Knob | S 181° | 407 m | 7.0 mi |
| Bald Hill | ESE 118° | 397 m | 18.6 mi |
| Herron Hill | N 356° | 384 m | 7.0 mi |
| Rich Hill | NNE 20° | 365 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | NNE 27° | 229.2 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:13 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 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 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pittsburgh Allegheny CO AP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/505903146
Day trips start here
- Mt. Lebanon · 6 mi
- Green Tree · 7 mi
- Robinson Township · 12 mi
- Irwin · 13 mi
- Ross Township · 13 mi
- Coraopolis · 16 mi
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