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Liberty Park

Liberty Park from directly overhead

Liberty Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 491 m. Blue Knob stands 953 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake View Visitor Center, a museum 0.9 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
491 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.34063, -78.78363

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Berwind Wayside Park: 1.1 mi
  • 1889 Park: 1.1 mi
  • Highland Regional Park: 5.0 mi
  • Mitchell Park: 5.1 mi
  • New Germany Recreation Park: 5.2 mi
Peaks: 55
  • Pringle Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Vickrey Mountain: 8.8 mi
  • Round Top: 9.0 mi
  • Rager Mountain: 9.5 mi
  • Wolf Rocks: 9.7 mi
Historic sites: 24
  • St. Michael Veterans' Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Sidman Veterans' Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Salix Veterans' Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 7.2 mi
  • John P. Murtha Statue: 7.5 mi
Museums: 19
Nature reserves: 8
Cliffs: 7
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Cresson Railroad Observation Platform: 13.3 mi
  • Engine House #6 Exhibit Building: 14.6 mi
  • Old Duncansville Airmail field: 18.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Gallitzin Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Weynant Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Linng Water Spring: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Laurel Ave Community Garden: 8.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue KnobESE 107°953 m12.2 mi
Schaefer HeadE 96°898 m11.9 mi
Sugar Camp HillWSW 246°887 m18.4 mi
Pea Vine HillWSW 240°886 m22.3 mi
Mystery HillWSW 245°878 m18.7 mi
Ritchey KnobE 89°874 m13.9 mi
Irwin HillWSW 248°868 m17.2 mi
Pike's PeakWSW 243°868 m19.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:27
June solstice05:4620:0820:49
September equinox07:0318:3819:14
December solstice07:3516:0916:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262936485966706962514031
Precip in2.52.53.13.54.14.44.24.04.03.13.12.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Johnstown Cambria CO AP, 3 mi away.

  • Banded Harvestman41 obs
  • purple crownvetch20 obs
  • Long-tailed Salamander16 obs
  • Hickory Tussock Moth13 obs
  • Northern Slimy Salamander11 obs
  • dame's rocket11 obs
  • wild teasel10 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee10 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 node/357294980

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