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Bushy Run Battlefield

Bushy Run Battlefield from directly overhead

Bushy Run Battlefield is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 352 m. Roundtop stands 432 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bushy Run Battlefield State Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.35794, -79.62386

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bushy Run Battlefield State Park: 0.3 mi
  • Municipal Park: 1.5 mi
  • Mark Clark Field: 1.5 mi
  • Centennial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Third Street Park: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • 1300: 0.6 mi
  • 1420: 2.2 mi
  • 1462: 2.3 mi
  • 1440: 2.8 mi
  • 1240: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Paintertown War Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Saint Filumena Shrine: 4.7 mi
  • Brick Hill War Memorial: 4.7 mi
  • Irwin War Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Statue: 5.0 mi
Artworks: 57
Attractions: 54
Museums: 52
Gardens: 47
Nature reserves: 41
  • Alpine Park: 6.6 mi
  • Valley Park: 6.6 mi
  • Heritage Park: 7.2 mi
  • Beechwood Park: 7.4 mi
  • Fernwood Park: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • North Woods: 14.1 mi
  • Goldenrod: 14.1 mi
  • Wagon Wheel: 14.2 mi
  • Quiet Acres 2: 14.2 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Keystone Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 19.1 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 19.1 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 19.1 mi
  • Redds Beach: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Thompson Run Falls: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Hay's Wall: 17.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Bushy Run Battlefield. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
RoundtopS 187°432 m18.4 mi
Sheppler HillSW 215°429 m17.3 mi
Rich HillSSW 207°420 m18.4 mi
Bald HillS 184°397 m9.1 mi
Sand HillSSE 163°389 m13.7 mi
Locust KnobNE 44°380 m11.9 mi
Tunnel HillSSW 198°365 m17.7 mi
Mt. SycamoreNW 307°229.2 m15.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5519:31
June solstice05:4920:1220:53
September equinox07:0718:4219:17
December solstice07:3916:1316:56

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, 7 mi away.

  • American pokeweed16 obs
  • large white trillium15 obs
  • mayapple12 obs
  • American Robin10 obs
  • ground-ivy10 obs
  • rue anemone10 obs
  • wild geranium8 obs
  • common selfheal8 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/247777156

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