Highland Park
Highland Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 315 m. Pollocks Knob stands 407 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Highland Park Flynn Parklet, a park 0.1 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 5.4 miles off.
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
- 26.7 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Highland Park Flynn Parklet: 0.1 mi
- King Estate Park: 0.4 mi
- Heth's Playground: 0.6 mi
- Nancy Werner Park: 1.0 mi
- Dinan Park: 1.0 mi
- Negley Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Roslyn Place: 2.0 mi
- Pillars In Squirrel Hill: 2.3 mi
- Pillars In Squirrel Hill: 2.3 mi
- The Doughboy: 2.9 mi
- Griffins: 0.4 mi
- Griffins: 0.5 mi
- T-Rex Statue: 1.0 mi
- Guyasuta: 1.4 mi
- Doris: 1.5 mi
- Briarcliff Park: 2.1 mi
- Kerrwood Park: 2.5 mi
- Sycamore Island: 3.3 mi
- Oakcliffe Greenway: 3.9 mi
- Churchill Valley Greenway: 4.3 mi
- Cowboy Hill: 2.5 mi
- Herron Hill: 2.7 mi
- Clayton Hill: 2.9 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 3.0 mi
- Riverview Hill: 3.2 mi
- Highland Park Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- The Octopus Garden: 1.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 1.8 mi
- The Frick Greenhouse: 2.2 mi
- A Second Chance Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- King Museum: 0.5 mi
- Pittsburgh Glass Center: 1.3 mi
- Bayernhof Music Museum: 1.4 mi
- Boom Concepts: 1.6 mi
- Center for PostNatural History: 1.7 mi
- Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 4.9 mi
- Upper Orchard: 7.7 mi
- picnic tables: 9.6 mi
- Lookout Point: 1.8 mi
- Pittsburgh Yarn Company: 2.6 mi
- Heinz Memorial Chapel: 2.9 mi
- Cathedral of Learning: 3.0 mi
- Stephen Foster Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 9.0 mi
- Tiger Beach: 9.6 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 18.9 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 18.9 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 19.0 mi
- Hay's Wall: 6.2 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 13.4 mi
- Point Pleasant: 23.9 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 7.7 mi
- Snake Run: 21.8 mi
- Francis Spring: 12.0 mi
- Lacock Spring: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Highland Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pollocks Knob | S 187° | 407 m | 15.7 mi |
| Herron Hill | SW 234° | 384 m | 2.7 mi |
| Rich Hill | NNE 29° | 365 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | ENE 73° | 229.2 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:13 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:13 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 31 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Braddock Lock 2, 7 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly148 obs
- American Robin147 obs
- White-tailed Deer125 obs
- Eastern Cottontail122 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk102 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle93 obs
- eastern poison ivy83 obs
- bittersweet nightshade82 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/257848149
Day trips start here
- Ross Township · 6 mi
- Green Tree · 8 mi
- Mt. Lebanon · 10 mi
- Robinson Township · 11 mi
- Franklin Park · 12 mi
- Coraopolis · 13 mi
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