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Schenley Park

Schenley Park from directly overhead

Schenley Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 282 m. Hannas Knob stands 417 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Schenley Oval, a park 0.2 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.43547, -79.94065

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Flagstaff Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Herron Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Riverview Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Clayton Hill: 2.0 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • The Hiker - Spanish American War Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Home Plate from Forbes Stadium: 0.8 mi
  • Roslyn Place: 1.3 mi
  • Holocaust Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Pillars In Squirrel Hill: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 1.2 mi
  • Hays Woods Park: 2.8 mi
  • The Saddle: 3.3 mi
  • Grandview Overlook Park: 3.7 mi
  • Chatham Village Greenspace: 4.1 mi
Gardens: 56
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 0.8 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 7.9 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 7.9 mi
  • Grove: 8.7 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 6
  • Thornburg Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 10.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Schenley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hannas KnobSW 224°417 m18.2 mi
Pollocks KnobS 182°407 m12.6 mi
Herron HillNW 325°384 m1.6 mi
Rich HillNNE 27°365 m11.4 mi
Mt. SycamoreNE 49°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, 5 mi away.

  • Western Honey Bee1,151 obs
  • American Robin725 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly647 obs
  • White-tailed Deer640 obs
  • False Milkweed Bug495 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel475 obs
  • common mugwort426 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk419 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/26321001

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