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Mingo Creek County Park

Mingo Creek County Park from directly overhead

Mingo Creek County Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 299 m. Fort Hill stands 478 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Nottingham Township Community Park, a park 1.7 miles away. Historic National Road - Pennsylvania passes 6.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
299 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.19776, -80.03314
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Nottingham Township Community Park: 1.7 mi
  • New Eagle Riverfront Park: 4.2 mi
  • Pleasant Stream Park: 4.7 mi
  • Union Township Community and Veterans Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
  • Mounds Park: 5.3 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Nature reserves: 54
Museums: 53
  • Greater Monessen Historical: 8.2 mi
  • Bethel Park Historical Society: 9.1 mi
  • Duncan Miller Glass Museum: 11.1 mi
  • Pennsylvania Trolley Museum: 11.2 mi
  • Bradford House Museum: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 49
Artworks: 47
  • Perry Como Statue: 9.1 mi
  • statue base: 9.7 mi
  • Statue of Dr. Robert E Eberly: 12.0 mi
  • Blaze the Vulcan: 12.1 mi
  • The Sail: 13.2 mi
Attractions: 18
Picnic sites: 17
  • Grove: 8.7 mi
  • Harvest: 9.8 mi
  • Springvale: 9.8 mi
  • Blue Grass 2: 9.9 mi
  • Shepard: 10.0 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 5.7 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 5.7 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 5.8 mi
  • Redds Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 16.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Thompson Run Falls: 15.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 16.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Mingo Creek County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fort HillESE 111°478 m19.5 mi
Mosier HillWSW 252°457 m20.3 mi
Sampson HillWSW 251°454 m23.1 mi
Mount WheelerWSW 247°450 m11.9 mi
Quakers KnobWNW 297°443 m22.3 mi
RoundtopESE 110°432 m20.6 mi
Sheppler HillESE 105°429 m11.9 mi
Rich HillESE 112°420 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5220:1320:54
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:4016:1516:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240526270747367554435
Precip in3.22.73.43.53.94.34.13.53.32.92.83.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charleroi Lock 4, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Dryad's Saddle138 obs
  • Christmas fern84 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty77 obs
  • Northern Two-lined Salamander59 obs
  • common cowparsnip59 obs
  • Wingstem59 obs
  • dame's rocket58 obs
  • mayapple58 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/377571953

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