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South Shore Riverfront Park

South Shore Riverfront Park from directly overhead

South Shore Riverfront Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 222 m. Sheppler Hill stands 429 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Tunnel Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.42922, -79.96455

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tunnel Park: 0.1 mi
  • Lawn & Ophelia Parklet: 0.4 mi
  • Ormsby Park: 0.5 mi
  • Frazier Park: 0.5 mi
  • Monongahela Park: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 0.3 mi
  • The Saddle: 2.0 mi
  • Hays Woods Park: 2.4 mi
  • Grandview Overlook Park: 2.4 mi
  • Chatham Village Greenspace: 2.8 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Home Plate from Forbes Stadium: 1.0 mi
  • The Hiker - Spanish American War Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Freedom Corner: 1.4 mi
  • Kier Refinery Historic Marker: 1.7 mi
  • Memorial wall for the homeless people who have died on the streets of Pittsburgh: 1.9 mi
Peaks
  • Flagstaff Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Herron Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Monument Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Riverview Hill: 2.9 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Frazier Farms: 0.5 mi
  • Bandi Schaum Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Harry Orlando Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Tustin Street Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • MLK Community Garden: 0.9 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 1.1 mi
  • Grove: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 9.0 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 9.1 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Thornburg Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 15.7 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 15.7 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 2
  • Francis Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Lacock Spring: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of South Shore Riverfront Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sheppler HillSSE 157°429 m20.6 mi
Hannas KnobSW 222°417 m17.0 mi
Pollocks KnobS 177°407 m12.2 mi
Herron HillN 10°384 m1.8 mi
Rich HillNNE 32°365 m12.4 mi
Mt. SycamoreNE 53°229.2 m7.2 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 solstice07:4016:1416:57

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, 6 mi away.

  • Western Honey Bee1,071 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly619 obs
  • American Robin492 obs
  • False Milkweed Bug457 obs
  • White-tailed Deer434 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel412 obs
  • common mugwort380 obs
  • Huron Skipper355 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/343153080

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