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West End-Elliott Overlook Park

West End-Elliott Overlook Park from directly overhead

West End-Elliott Overlook Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 341 m. Quakers Knob stands 443 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Townsend Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Limited
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.44589, -80.03388
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Townsend Park: 0.4 mi
  • Wabash Park: 0.5 mi
  • West End Park: 0.6 mi
  • McKnight Park: 0.7 mi
  • Eileen McCoy Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Monument Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Mt. Thornburg: 3.1 mi
  • Herron Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Chatham Village Greenspace: 1.5 mi
  • Grandview Overlook Park: 1.5 mi
  • The Saddle: 2.0 mi
  • St John's Green: 2.2 mi
  • Green Tree Nature Center: 2.9 mi
Artworks
  • Pipe Dream IV: 1.5 mi
  • The Builders: 1.6 mi
  • The Forks: 1.6 mi
  • Mythic Source: 1.6 mi
  • Mythic Source: 1.6 mi
Museums: 57
Gardens: 55
  • Carole's Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Welcome To Mount Washington: 1.3 mi
  • Welcome to Pittsburgh: 1.4 mi
  • Allegheny Commons Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Ballfield Farm: 1.8 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 4.3 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 7.4 mi
  • Grove: 8.6 mi
  • picnic tables: 10.5 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 7
  • Thornburg Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.7 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.7 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Thompson Run Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Snake Run: 19.6 mi
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs: 21.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Francis Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Lacock Spring: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of West End-Elliott Overlook Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quakers KnobWSW 250°443 m21.1 mi
Big KnobNNW 335°423 m20.9 mi
Hannas KnobSSW 209°417 m15.9 mi
Pollocks KnobSSE 162°407 m14.1 mi
Herron HillE 81°384 m4.0 mi
Bunker HillNW 311°375 m19.4 mi
Rich HillNE 47°365 m13.8 mi
Mt. SycamoreENE 71°229.2 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5120:1320:55
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:4116:1416:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240526270757366554435
Precip in3.42.83.23.23.53.53.63.23.22.82.83.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emsworth L/D Ohio RVR, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly424 obs
  • Mallard183 obs
  • Canada Goose168 obs
  • Rock Pigeon142 obs
  • American Robin141 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel136 obs
  • House Sparrow124 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail88 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/364451045

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