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Robert E. Williams Park

Robert E. Williams Park from directly overhead

Robert E. Williams Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 388 m. Hannas Knob stands 417 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Herron Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
388 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.45515, -79.95885

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Herron Hill: 0.0 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Monument Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Riverview Hill: 3.1 mi
Parks
  • Bloomfield Park: 0.6 mi
  • Polish Hill Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Polish Hill Wiggins Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Welcome to Bloomfield: 0.7 mi
  • West Penn Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • The Doughboy: 0.7 mi
  • Home Plate from Forbes Stadium: 1.0 mi
  • The Hiker - Spanish American War Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Roslyn Place: 1.2 mi
  • Troy Hill WWI Monument: 1.4 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 1.5 mi
  • The Saddle: 2.9 mi
  • Grandview Overlook Park: 3.1 mi
  • Chatham Village Greenspace: 3.6 mi
  • Briarcliff Park: 4.0 mi
Gardens: 55
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 0.9 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 7.6 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 7.7 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 9.3 mi
  • Grove: 9.6 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 7
  • Thornburg Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.5 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.5 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 17.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 2
  • Francis Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Lacock Spring: 23.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hannas KnobSW 219°417 m18.6 mi
Pollocks KnobS 178°407 m14.0 mi
Herron HillSE 143°384 m0.0 mi
Rich HillNE 35°365 m10.7 mi
Mt. SycamoreENE 65°229.2 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5020:1320:54
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 °F303140516170747366554435
Precip in3.22.73.33.23.94.73.83.73.32.92.93.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Braddock Lock 2, 7 mi away.

  • Western Honey Bee1,066 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly632 obs
  • White-tailed Deer492 obs
  • American Robin478 obs
  • False Milkweed Bug458 obs
  • common mugwort384 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel367 obs
  • Huron Skipper362 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/109348802

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