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Carnegie Park

Carnegie Park from directly overhead

Carnegie Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 298 m. Mount Wheeler stands 450 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sam Chioda Field, a park 0.3 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off.

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Coordinates40.40376, -80.07324

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sam Chioda Field: 0.3 mi
  • East Carnegie Park: 0.8 mi
  • Parkedge Park: 0.8 mi
  • Rook Park: 0.8 mi
  • Gregg Street Park: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Green Tree Nature Center: 1.0 mi
  • Twin Hills Trails Park: 1.0 mi
  • Kane Woods Nature Area: 1.9 mi
  • Robb Hollow Park: 2.7 mi
  • Iroquois Park: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
  • TIme Capsule: 1.6 mi
  • Veterans: 1.6 mi
  • Residence of General John Neville: 1.8 mi
  • Beechview Community War Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Brookline Monument: 3.1 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Mt. Thornburg: 2.3 mi
  • Monument Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Herron Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 7.2 mi
Gardens: 55
Museums: 52
Picnic sites: 23
  • White Pine Grove: 5.1 mi
  • Grove: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 6.9 mi
  • Boggs Trailhead Picnic Site: 11.6 mi
  • picnic tables: 13.7 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 7
  • Tiger Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Thornburg Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 15.9 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 15.9 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Thompson Run Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs: 19.9 mi
  • Snake Run: 21.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Francis Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Lacock Spring: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Carnegie Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WheelerSSW 205°450 m20.8 mi
Quakers KnobWSW 257°443 m18.2 mi
Garrett HillSW 226°420 m18.2 mi
Hannas KnobSSW 207°417 m12.3 mi
Pollocks KnobSSE 148°407 m12.3 mi
Cemetery HillSSW 210°397 m19.3 mi
Herron HillENE 60°384 m7.0 mi
Bunker HillNW 321°375 m20.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5719:32
June solstice05:5120:1420:55
September equinox07:0918:4319:19
December solstice07:4116:1416:58

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Amur honeysuckle52 obs
  • American Robin39 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly36 obs
  • American pokeweed31 obs
  • White-tailed Deer27 obs
  • Western Honey Bee27 obs
  • garlic mustard27 obs
  • Mourning Dove24 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/373002065

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