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Phillips Park

Phillips Park from directly overhead

Phillips Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 358 m. Sheppler Hill stands 429 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Volunteers Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.

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Coordinates40.39051, -79.99148
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Volunteers Park: 0.5 mi
  • Leolyn Park: 0.7 mi
  • Carmalt Field: 0.8 mi
  • Brookline Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Transverse Field: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Brookline Monument: 1.4 mi
  • Beechview Community War Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Memorial wall for the homeless people who have died on the streets of Pittsburgh: 3.2 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Freedom Corner: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Hays Woods Park: 2.1 mi
  • The Saddle: 2.8 mi
  • Chatham Village Greenspace: 3.0 mi
  • Grandview Overlook Park: 3.2 mi
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 3.4 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Monument Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Herron Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Riverview Hill: 5.2 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Hilltop Urban Farm: 1.4 mi
  • Traut Triangle: 2.3 mi
  • Bandi Schaum Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Lavina Avenue Garden: 2.8 mi
  • UPMC Mercy Physical Therapy Garden: 3.2 mi
Museums: 53
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 4.2 mi
  • Grove: 4.8 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 9.5 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 12.0 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 12.0 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 6
  • Thornburg Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 13.4 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 13.4 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Thompson Run Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Snake Run: 24.0 mi
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs: 24.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 11.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Phillips Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sheppler HillSSE 150°429 m18.9 mi
Garrett HillWSW 236°420 m21.0 mi
Hannas KnobSW 225°417 m14.1 mi
Pollocks KnobSSE 167°407 m9.8 mi
Herron HillNNE 21°384 m4.8 mi
Rich HillNNE 31°365 m15.4 mi
Mt. SycamoreNE 45°229.2 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5120:1320:54
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:4016:1416:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240526270747265544334
Precip in3.12.63.23.44.14.63.93.83.53.13.03.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pittsburgh Allegheny CO AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly71 obs
  • White-tailed Deer51 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle45 obs
  • ground-ivy36 obs
  • red deadnettle35 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle34 obs
  • eastern poison ivy32 obs
  • garlic mustard31 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/147272408

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