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Point State Park

Point State Park from directly overhead

Point State Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. Hannas Knob stands 417 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Pitt Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.44090, -80.00883
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Fort Duquesne Tracery: 0.1 mi
  • Fort Duquesne Historical Landmark: 0.1 mi
  • Great Allegheny Passage: 0.2 mi
  • James Mills: 0.2 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
Parks
  • Gateway Center Park: 0.2 mi
  • Liberty Avenue Park: 0.2 mi
  • Mon Wharf Landing: 0.3 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.4 mi
  • F. Tracy Henderson Alumni Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
  • Pipe Dream IV: 0.2 mi
  • The Builders: 0.5 mi
  • The Forks: 0.5 mi
  • Mythic Source: 0.5 mi
  • Mythic Source: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Grandview Overlook Park: 0.5 mi
  • The Saddle: 0.8 mi
  • Chatham Village Greenspace: 1.0 mi
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 2.4 mi
  • St John's Green: 2.9 mi
Peaks
  • Monument Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Herron Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.8 mi
Museums: 56
Gardens: 55
  • Welcome to Pittsburgh: 0.1 mi
  • Welcome To Mount Washington: 0.5 mi
  • Carole's Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Allegheny Commons Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Learning Garden: 0.8 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 3.0 mi
  • Grove: 8.2 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 8.6 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 7
  • Thornburg Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Thompson Run Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Snake Run: 20.6 mi
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs: 22.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Francis Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Lacock Spring: 22.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Point State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hannas KnobSSW 214°417 m16.3 mi
Pollocks KnobSSE 167°407 m13.4 mi
Herron HillENE 70°384 m2.8 mi
Bunker HillNW 309°375 m20.6 mi
Rich HillNE 42°365 m13.2 mi
Mt. SycamoreENE 66°229.2 m8.8 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 solstice07:4116:1416:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240526270757366554435
Precip in3.42.83.23.23.53.53.63.23.22.82.83.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emsworth L/D Ohio RVR, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly681 obs
  • Rock Pigeon272 obs
  • American Robin228 obs
  • Canada Goose208 obs
  • House Sparrow201 obs
  • Mallard198 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel157 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail141 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/387635995

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