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Vinegar Hollow Conservation Area

Vinegar Hollow Conservation Area from directly overhead

Vinegar Hollow Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 308 m. Quakers Knob stands 443 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Avonworth Community Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 5.9 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Hollow Oak Land Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.51285, -80.08472

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Avonworth Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Ben Avon Heights Park: 0.6 mi
  • Avalon Community Park and Pool: 1.2 mi
  • Emsworth Community Park: 1.3 mi
  • Herge Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Peaks
  • Observatory Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Mt. Thornburg: 5.4 mi
  • Monument Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Herron Hill: 7.8 mi
  • North Field: 8.2 mi
Gardens: 59
Museums: 56
Picnic sites: 23
  • picnic tables: 6.9 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Table: 8.1 mi
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 8.5 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Fern Hollow Nature Center: 4.1 mi
  • Giant Chair: 4.2 mi
  • USS Requin: 5.8 mi
  • The Edgeworth Club: 5.9 mi
  • Canton Avenue: 7.7 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Thornburg Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 5.8 mi
  • BAB: 16.6 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 23.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Lacock Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Francis Spring: 20.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Vinegar Hollow Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quakers KnobSW 236°443 m20.8 mi
Big KnobNNW 337°423 m15.6 mi
Garrett HillSSW 212°420 m23.7 mi
Hannas KnobSSW 195°417 m19.2 mi
Pollocks KnobSSE 159°407 m19.3 mi
Herron HillESE 121°384 m7.8 mi
Bunker HillNW 304°375 m14.5 mi
Steffens HillNW 321°370 m21.8 mi

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 °F303240526270757366554435
Precip in3.42.83.23.23.53.53.63.23.22.82.83.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emsworth L/D Ohio RVR, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1214147446

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