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Arsenal Park

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Arsenal Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 251 m. Hannas Knob stands 417 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is The Doughboy, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.46652, -79.96121

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • The Doughboy: 0.4 mi
  • Troy Hill WWI Monument: 1.1 mi
  • Roslyn Place: 1.6 mi
  • Home Plate from Forbes Stadium: 1.8 mi
  • The Hiker - Spanish American War Memorial: 1.8 mi
Parks
  • Leslie Recreation Center: 0.5 mi
  • Welcome to Bloomfield: 0.5 mi
  • Bloomfield Park: 0.5 mi
  • Millvale Riverfront Park: 0.7 mi
  • Polish Hill Wiggins Community Garden: 0.7 mi
Peaks
  • Herron Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Monument Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 3.3 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 2.2 mi
  • The Saddle: 3.4 mi
  • Briarcliff Park: 3.4 mi
  • Grandview Overlook Park: 3.4 mi
  • Kerrwood Park: 3.9 mi
Museums: 58
Gardens: 55
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 7.3 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 8.5 mi
  • picnic tables: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 20
Beaches: 7
  • Thornburg Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 18.2 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 18.3 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 18.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Thompson Run Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Snake Run: 20.7 mi
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs: 24.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Francis Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Lacock Spring: 22.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Arsenal Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hannas KnobSW 217°417 m19.1 mi
Pollocks KnobS 178°407 m14.8 mi
Herron HillS 170°384 m0.8 mi
Rich HillNE 38°365 m10.2 mi
Mt. SycamoreENE 72°229.2 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5020:1320:54
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:4016:1316:57

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, 7 mi away.

  • Western Honey Bee969 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly418 obs
  • False Milkweed Bug393 obs
  • Huron Skipper341 obs
  • White-tailed Deer275 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee231 obs
  • American Robin228 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel175 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/28753407

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