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Hartwood Acres

Hartwood Acres from directly overhead

Hartwood Acres is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 354 m. Big Knob stands 423 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is North Light, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Allegheny County

How to reach it

Coordinates40.56627, -79.90944

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • North Light: 0.1 mi
  • Tower Iron: 0.2 mi
  • Cloudt: 0.2 mi
  • Monumental Holistic Image IV: 0.2 mi
  • Coronet: Homage to Dave Smith: 0.2 mi
Parks
  • Red Gables Farm: 1.1 mi
  • Dorseyville Community Parklet: 1.3 mi
  • Hampton Community Park: 1.9 mi
  • Middle Road Community Park: 1.9 mi
  • Old Squaw Trail Park: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Veterans' Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • War Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Mellon Memorial Gateway: 3.4 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Harwick Veterans Memorial: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Browns Woods: 1.8 mi
  • Crouse Run Nature Reserve: 3.1 mi
  • Kerrwood Park: 3.7 mi
  • Briarcliff Park: 4.2 mi
  • Sycamore Island: 5.9 mi
Peaks
  • Rich Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Mt. Sycamore: 5.9 mi
  • McKelvey Hill: 6.9 mi
  • North Field: 7.6 mi
  • Herron Hill: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 58
Picnic sites: 22
  • Upper Orchard: 2.0 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 4.4 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 4.4 mi
  • picnic tables: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Table: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 21
Beaches: 4
  • Thornburg Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 13.3 mi
  • BAB: 22.0 mi
  • Tunnelville Beach: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Hay's Wall: 12.3 mi
  • Fossils Cliff: 17.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Thompson Run Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Snake Run: 18.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Francis Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Lacock Spring: 21.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Hartwood Acres. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big KnobNW 305°423 m18.6 mi
Pollocks KnobS 186°407 m21.8 mi
Herron HillSSW 199°384 m8.1 mi
Bunker HillWNW 282°375 m21.6 mi
Rich HillENE 73°365 m3.8 mi
Mt. SycamoreSSE 151°229.2 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5020:1320:55
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:4116:1316:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506068737165534234
Precip in3.42.93.73.73.94.44.53.64.23.33.33.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acmetonia Lock 3, 5 mi away.

  • dame's rocket92 obs
  • garlic mustard82 obs
  • mayapple78 obs
  • American Toad72 obs
  • Monarch62 obs
  • multiflora rose60 obs
  • turkey-tail59 obs
  • Canada Goose56 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/256931053

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