- Elevation, modelled
- 229 m
- Tallest summit within 17.6 miles
- Herron Hill384 m · 10.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Grand View Scenic Byway13.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:54local time
- Coordinates
- 40.5377, -79.7959
Rachel Carson Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled 229 m. Herron Hill stands 384 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Cheswick Veterans Memorial Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Rachel Carson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herron Hill | SW 236° | 384 m | 10.3 mi |
| Rich Hill | NW 323° | 365 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | SW 225° | 229.2 m | 4.4 mi |
- 13.0 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Cheswick Veterans Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Barking Slopes: 0.6 mi
- Williams Street Park: 0.9 mi
- Barking Slopes: 0.9 mi
- Acme Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
- McKelvey Hill: 0.8 mi
- McCracken Hill: 2.3 mi
- Rich Hill: 3.9 mi
- Mt. Sycamore: 4.4 mi
- Gascola slag dump summit: 5.4 mi
Historic sites
- Harwick Coal Miners Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Harwick Veterans Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Fort Crawford: 2.2 mi
- In honor of World War 1917-1919: 2.3 mi
- Eddie Adams (1933-2004): 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Sycamore Island: 4.5 mi
- Glenwood Park: 5.9 mi
- Evergreen Park: 6.2 mi
- Cottonwood-Sunnyfield Park: 6.3 mi
- Churchill Valley Greenway: 6.6 mi
Artworks
- Ring Series: 6.0 mi
- Monumental Holistic Image IV: 6.1 mi
- Tower Iron: 6.3 mi
- North Light: 6.3 mi
- Hence: 6.3 mi
Gardens: 59
- Penn Hills Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Penn Hills Entrance Garden: Rodi Road: 6.6 mi
- Hartwood Circle Garden: 7.0 mi
- A Second Chance Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Dornbush Rain Garden: 7.2 mi
Museums: 56
- Rachel Carson Homestead: 0.9 mi
- Large Scale Systems Museum (LSSM): 2.5 mi
- Kerr Museum: 2.7 mi
- Bloop Museum: 4.7 mi
- Hartwood Acres Mansion: 6.3 mi
Picnic sites: 21
- Picnic Pavillion: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 2.8 mi
- Upper Orchard: 8.1 mi
- Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 10.5 mi
- picnic tables: 12.0 mi
Attractions: 19
- Tour-Ed Mine: 5.8 mi
- Lookout Point: 8.0 mi
- Pittsburgh Yarn Company: 8.2 mi
- Westinghouse Atom Smasher: 9.1 mi
- Heinz Memorial Chapel: 10.4 mi
Beaches: 7
- Thornburg Beach: 16.4 mi
- Tiger Beach: 17.0 mi
- Tunnelville Beach: 19.8 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 24.0 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Thompson Run Falls: 11.4 mi
- Snake Run: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Hay's Wall: 12.8 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 20.9 mi
Springs: 1
- Francis Spring: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Livermore: 24.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:13 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:13 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Ross Township · 12 mi
- Irwin · 15 mi
- Franklin Park · 16 mi
- Green Tree · 16 mi
- Mt. Lebanon · 17 mi
- Robinson Township · 18 mi
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