Sycamore Island
Sycamore Island is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 217 m. Pollocks Knob stands 407 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt. Sycamore, a peak 0.1 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 8.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 217 m
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
- 29.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mt. Sycamore: 0.1 mi
- Cowboy Hill: 4.1 mi
- Gascola slag dump summit: 4.2 mi
- McKelvey Hill: 4.3 mi
- Clayton Hill: 4.5 mi
- Blawknox Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Mellon Memorial Gateway: 2.5 mi
- Negley Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Pillars In Squirrel Hill: 4.5 mi
- Pillars In Squirrel Hill: 4.5 mi
- Blawnox Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Blawnox Community Park: 0.5 mi
- Riverbank Park: 0.8 mi
- Raymond Schafer Park: 1.0 mi
- Rosedale Beach Club: 1.0 mi
- T-Rex Statue: 2.6 mi
- Freedom and Liberation Wall: 3.3 mi
- Griffins: 3.4 mi
- Griffins: 3.4 mi
- Guyasuta: 4.0 mi
- Churchill Valley Greenway: 3.0 mi
- Briarcliff Park: 3.8 mi
- Kerrwood Park: 3.8 mi
- Cottonwood-Sunnyfield Park: 4.6 mi
- Glenwood Park: 4.6 mi
- A Second Chance Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Dornbush Rain Garden: 2.8 mi
- Highland Park Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Penn Hills Entrance Garden: Rodi Road: 3.5 mi
- The Frick Greenhouse: 3.8 mi
- Kerr Museum: 2.0 mi
- Bloop Museum: 2.3 mi
- Bayernhof Music Museum: 3.2 mi
- King Museum: 3.7 mi
- Clayton Mansion: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 6.1 mi
- Upper Orchard: 7.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Pittsburgh Yarn Company: 3.8 mi
- Lookout Point: 4.4 mi
- Westinghouse Atom Smasher: 5.6 mi
- Heinz Memorial Chapel: 6.0 mi
- Cathedral of Learning: 6.1 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 12.3 mi
- Tiger Beach: 12.9 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 20.2 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 20.2 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 20.3 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 7.8 mi
- Snake Run: 23.7 mi
- Hay's Wall: 8.4 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 16.7 mi
- Francis Spring: 11.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Sycamore Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pollocks Knob | SSW 197° | 407 m | 17.3 mi |
| Herron Hill | WSW 245° | 384 m | 5.9 mi |
| Rich Hill | N 7° | 365 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | NE 50° | 229.2 m | 0.1 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 | 20:13 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:13 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acmetonia Lock 3, 4 mi away.
- House Finch57 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly57 obs
- Northern Cardinal56 obs
- American Robin49 obs
- White-tailed Deer49 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle47 obs
- Mallard46 obs
- Song Sparrow44 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/156594750
Day trips start here
- Ross Township · 9 mi
- Green Tree · 11 mi
- Mt. Lebanon · 13 mi
- Franklin Park · 14 mi
- Irwin · 14 mi
- Robinson Township · 15 mi
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