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Community College of Beaver County

Community College of Beaver County from directly overhead

Community College of Beaver County is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 331 m. Portersville Hill stands 445 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sherwood Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway passes 14 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.65554, -80.30561

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sherwood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Center Municipal Park: 0.7 mi
  • Brodhead Cultural Center: 1.7 mi
  • Tank Farm Recreational Area: 2.0 mi
  • Sylvan Crest: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks: 59
Museums: 49
  • Merrick Art Gallery: 5.3 mi
  • Air Heritage Museum: 9.5 mi
  • Sample Schoolhouse: 10.8 mi
  • Beaver County Industrial Museum: 12.2 mi
  • Zelienople Historical Society: 13.0 mi
Gardens: 47
Peaks: 26
  • Bunker Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Clover Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Big Knob: 7.1 mi
  • Steffens Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Stewart Hill: 12.2 mi
Attractions: 19
  • 155mm Gun M1: 6.7 mi
  • The Edgeworth Club: 9.8 mi
  • Giant Chair: 11.1 mi
  • Fern Hollow Nature Center: 11.1 mi
  • Indian Rock: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 12
Picnic sites: 11
  • Picnic Tables for Building 500: 11.3 mi
  • Picnic tables for Building 800: 11.4 mi
  • Rider's Ridge: 12.1 mi
  • Picnic Table: 15.3 mi
  • Boggs Trailhead Picnic Site: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 4
  • BAB: 2.7 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 19.5 mi
  • Thornburg Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Lakeview Beach: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 1
  • Lacock Spring: 3.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Community College of Beaver County. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Portersville HillNNE 25°445 m20.8 mi
Quakers KnobSSW 194°443 m22.3 mi
Round KnobW 274°433 m19.3 mi
Big KnobNE 51°423 m7.1 mi
Stewart HillWSW 251°412 m12.2 mi
Fletcher HillN 357°410 m18.7 mi
Turkey HillN 356°409 m18.4 mi
Herron HillSE 127°384 m22.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5719:33
June solstice05:5120:1520:56
September equinox07:0918:4419:20
December solstice07:4216:1416:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506068727165534233
Precip in2.92.53.13.63.74.34.43.44.12.92.82.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montgomery L&D, 4 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly27 obs
  • American Toad22 obs
  • American pokeweed19 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee16 obs
  • American Robin15 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle13 obs
  • Japanese barberry12 obs
  • purple crownvetch12 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/402061642

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