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South Park

South Park from directly overhead

South Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 304 m. Mount Wheeler stands 450 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Edgebrook Shelter, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 8.1 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Allegheny County

How to reach it

Coordinates40.31243, -80.00406

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Edgebrook Shelter: 0.1 mi
  • Edgebrook Bridge: 0.1 mi
  • Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Vale of Cashmere: 0.9 mi
  • Spreading Oak Spring: 1.3 mi
Parks
  • Buffalo Ridge: 0.1 mi
  • Exercise Trail: 0.3 mi
  • Maple Springs: 0.4 mi
  • Sunny Slopes: 0.5 mi
  • Children's Playground: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • statue base: 2.3 mi
  • The Sail: 6.4 mi
  • Untitled: 7.9 mi
  • McKeesport Model Railroad Club: 8.2 mi
  • Fredosaurus Rex: 8.3 mi
Peaks
  • Pollocks Knob: 5.0 mi
  • 1104: 7.9 mi
  • 1094: 7.9 mi
  • 1104: 8.1 mi
  • 1162: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 55
Museums: 54
Picnic sites: 20
  • Grove: 0.8 mi
  • Harvest: 9.0 mi
  • Springvale: 9.0 mi
  • North Woods: 9.1 mi
  • Goldenrod: 9.1 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 8.6 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 8.6 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 8.7 mi
  • Thornburg Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Thompson Run Falls: 9.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 12.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of South Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WheelerSW 225°450 m17.7 mi
Sheppler HillSE 138°429 m14.9 mi
Rich HillSE 138°420 m17.8 mi
Garrett HillWSW 250°420 m18.0 mi
Hannas KnobWSW 243°417 m10.3 mi
Pollocks KnobSE 146°407 m5.0 mi
Cemetery HillSW 232°397 m16.9 mi
Herron HillNNE 14°384 m10.1 mi

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 solstice07:4016:1416:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240526270747265544334
Precip in3.12.63.23.44.14.63.93.83.53.13.03.0

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

  • White-tailed Deer270 obs
  • Monarch132 obs
  • Mallard100 obs
  • American Robin84 obs
  • Pond Slider78 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly53 obs
  • Northern Dusky Salamander51 obs
  • common milkweed51 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/372925261

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