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Settlers Cabin Park

Settlers Cabin Park from directly overhead

Settlers Cabin Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 286 m. Mosier Hill stands 457 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is White Pine Grove, a picnic site 0.3 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 7.6 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates40.42055, -80.16728

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bookworm Glen: 0.4 mi
  • Learning Circle: 0.4 mi
  • Collier Park: 1.6 mi
  • Vincennes Park: 1.6 mi
  • Huck Gamble Field: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 57
Museums: 55
Peaks: 47
  • Mt. Thornburg: 4.1 mi
  • Monument Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Herron Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • White Pine Grove: 0.3 mi
  • Boggs Trailhead Picnic Site: 6.5 mi
  • Grove: 10.6 mi
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 11.4 mi
  • picnic tables: 14.7 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 7
  • Tiger Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Thornburg Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 19.7 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 19.7 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs: 14.9 mi
  • Thompson Run Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Snake Run: 18.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Lacock Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Francis Spring: 21.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Settlers Cabin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mosier HillSSW 209°457 m24.9 mi
Mount WheelerS 191°450 m20.4 mi
Quakers KnobWSW 247°443 m13.9 mi
Big KnobN 355°423 m20.8 mi
Garrett HillSSW 211°420 m16.0 mi
Hannas KnobS 183°417 m12.2 mi
Stewart HillWNW 303°412 m22.5 mi
Pollocks KnobSE 135°407 m16.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5719:33
June solstice05:5120:1420:55
September equinox07:0918:4419:20
December solstice07:4116:1416:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293140526169737265534334
Precip in3.02.63.13.33.84.14.33.53.32.82.92.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pittsburgh Asos, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American tuliptree52 obs
  • white snakeroot41 obs
  • broad-leaved sweet pea40 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly40 obs
  • Monarch39 obs
  • multiflora rose36 obs
  • mayapple33 obs
  • autumn olive32 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/347317585

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