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South Side Park

South Side Park from directly overhead

South Side Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 324 m. Sheppler Hill stands 429 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Arlington Playground, a park 0.2 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 1.2 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.42009, -79.97835

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Arlington Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Winter Park: 0.2 mi
  • Eleanor Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • McCloskey Field: 0.5 mi
  • Cobden Street Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
  • Fredosaurus Rex: 0.7 mi
  • Untitled: 1.1 mi
  • Shrine Of The Blessed Mother: 1.3 mi
  • Le Magnifique: 1.5 mi
  • Light Up!: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 1.3 mi
  • The Saddle: 1.5 mi
  • Grandview Overlook Park: 1.9 mi
  • Chatham Village Greenspace: 2.2 mi
  • Hays Woods Park: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Freedom Corner: 1.5 mi
  • Memorial wall for the homeless people who have died on the streets of Pittsburgh: 1.6 mi
  • Kier Refinery Historic Marker: 1.7 mi
  • Home Plate from Forbes Stadium: 1.9 mi
  • James Mills: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • Flagstaff Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Herron Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Monument Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Riverview Hill: 3.7 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Bandi Schaum Community Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Hilltop Urban Farm: 0.9 mi
  • Tustin Street Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • UPMC Mercy Physical Therapy Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Harry Orlando Community Garden: 1.3 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 2.1 mi
  • Grove: 7.0 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 10.0 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 10.0 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Thornburg Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 15.2 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 15.2 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 15.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Thompson Run Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Snake Run: 22.7 mi
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs: 24.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Francis Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Lacock Spring: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of South Side Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sheppler HillSSE 155°429 m20.3 mi
Hannas KnobSW 221°417 m16.1 mi
Pollocks KnobS 173°407 m11.7 mi
Herron HillNNE 24°384 m2.6 mi
Rich HillNNE 33°365 m13.3 mi
Mt. SycamoreNE 52°229.2 m8.2 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, 5 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly415 obs
  • American Robin162 obs
  • Rock Pigeon160 obs
  • American pokeweed136 obs
  • White-tailed Deer119 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle119 obs
  • Porcelain Berry116 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel112 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/161490888

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