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Boyce Park

Boyce Park from directly overhead

Boyce Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 375 m. Bald Hill stands 397 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Maple Vista Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
375 m

What to expect

Operated by
Allegheny County

How to reach it

Coordinates40.46688, -79.74597

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Maple Vista Park: 1.0 mi
  • Larry Mills Park: 1.4 mi
  • Evergreen Park: 1.8 mi
  • Universal Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Hawkeye Park: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Evergreen Park: 1.8 mi
  • Glenwood Park: 2.4 mi
  • Cottonwood-Sunnyfield Park: 2.8 mi
  • Fernwood Park: 3.0 mi
  • Monroeville Community Park: 3.4 mi
Peaks
  • Gascola slag dump summit: 2.2 mi
  • 1310: 3.4 mi
  • 1350: 3.6 mi
  • 1370: 3.6 mi
  • 1170: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks: 60
Museums: 55
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Pavillion: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 11.0 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Westinghouse Atom Smasher: 6.4 mi
  • Pittsburgh Yarn Company: 7.8 mi
  • Lookout Point: 10.4 mi
  • Tour-Ed Mine: 10.4 mi
  • Heinz Memorial Chapel: 10.9 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Thornburg Beach: 17.5 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Keystone Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 20.5 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Hay's Wall: 11.7 mi
  • Fossils Cliff: 21.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Thompson Run Falls: 8.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 9.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Boyce Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillSSE 161°397 m17.6 mi
Herron HillW 266°384 m11.2 mi
Locust KnobE 86°380 m14.8 mi
Rich HillNNW 328°365 m9.4 mi
Mt. SycamoreWNW 287°229.2 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5519:31
June solstice05:5020:1220:54
September equinox07:0718:4219:18
December solstice07:4016:1316:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303140516371757366544334
Precip in3.22.73.33.74.14.64.84.23.43.42.93.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Murrysville 2 SW, 4 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly44 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail36 obs
  • Monarch35 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail33 obs
  • mayapple32 obs
  • Funeral Bell30 obs
  • Great Spangled Fritillary30 obs
  • autumn olive29 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/358213066

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