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Loucks Park

Loucks Park from directly overhead

Loucks Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 322 m. 2768 feet stands 923 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Scottdale War Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
322 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.10551, -79.58696

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pittsburgh Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Kendi Park: 0.6 mi
  • Garfield Park: 0.7 mi
  • Lake Forest Park: 1.9 mi
  • Jacobs Creek Park: 3.2 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 44
  • Scottdale War Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Mount Pleasant WWI Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • P&LE Dickerson Run roundhouse: 5.8 mi
  • Gratztown War Memorial: 13.5 mi
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Statue: 14.1 mi
Attractions: 43
  • Fallingwater: 15.1 mi
  • Laurel Ridge State Park XC Skiing Concession Building: 15.6 mi
  • Kentuck Knob Visitor's Center: 16.5 mi
  • Flatrock: 18.0 mi
  • Tipping Bucket: 19.2 mi
Museums: 21
  • Cole and Coke Heritage Center: 11.6 mi
  • Westmoreland Museum of American Art: 14.0 mi
  • Speyer Gallery: 15.2 mi
  • Fayette Historical Society - Abel Colley Tavern and Museum: 15.6 mi
  • KLBE Air Museum: 15.7 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Picnic sites: 14
  • Tharp Knob Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Quiet Acres 2: 17.0 mi
  • Shepard: 17.1 mi
  • Blue Grass 2: 17.1 mi
  • Hay Loft: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 8
Gardens: 7
  • Formal Garden: 12.1 mi
  • Penn State Master Gardeners’ Richard E. Thorn Memorial Gardens: 14.8 mi
  • Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve Colonial Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Monastic Garden Area: 16.2 mi
  • McKeesport Arboretum and Rose Garden: 20.4 mi
Artworks: 6
  • Statue of Thomas Jefferson and Albert Gallatin: 15.9 mi
  • Blaze the Vulcan: 16.0 mi
  • Statue of Dr. Robert E Eberly: 16.1 mi
  • McKeesport Model Railroad Club: 21.2 mi
  • Metal Sculpture: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Beaches: 5
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 19.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 19.1 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 19.1 mi
  • Redds Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Keystone Beach: 21.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Cool Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Paterson Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Kooser Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Francis Spring: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Loucks Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
2768 feetESE 105°923 m17.4 mi
Painter Rock HillE 100°893 m15.5 mi
Bald KnobE 88°893 m20.3 mi
Birch Rock HillESE 106°891 m14.8 mi
Sugarloaf KnobSSE 161°812.3 m20.0 mi
Fulton KnobS 190°804 m16.5 mi
Spook HillESE 111°770 m14.3 mi
Elk RockSSE 168°694 m10.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5519:31
June solstice05:5020:1120:52
September equinox07:0718:4219:17
December solstice07:3816:1316:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239516169737265544335
Precip in3.23.03.64.24.74.94.74.43.93.43.33.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Connellsville 2 SSW, 8 mi away.

  • Monarch36 obs
  • eastern poison ivy25 obs
  • Black Swallowtail24 obs
  • Virginia creeper19 obs
  • cream violet16 obs
  • Huron Skipper15 obs
  • dame's rocket14 obs
  • American pokeweed14 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/324504380

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