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Westinghouse Park

Westinghouse Park from directly overhead

Westinghouse Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 286 m. Pollocks Knob stands 407 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Freedom and Liberation Wall, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 5.3 miles off.

Park was once the property of George Westinghouse. It was the site his home "Solitude". Donated to the city of Pittsburgh after his death. There are still tunnels with equipment from his experiments on the site.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Pittsburgh

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Getting there

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Coordinates40.45324, -79.90284
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Dallas Parklet: 0.3 mi
  • Upland Park: 0.6 mi
  • Mellon Park: 0.7 mi
  • Kenmawr Field: 1.0 mi
  • Chadwick Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Cowboy Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Clayton Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Riverview Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Churchill Valley Greenway: 3.1 mi
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 3.4 mi
  • Sycamore Island: 3.6 mi
  • Briarcliff Park: 3.9 mi
  • Kerrwood Park: 4.3 mi
Gardens: 56
Museums: 55
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 2.7 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 5.8 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 9.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 6
  • Thornburg Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.3 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.3 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 10.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Westinghouse Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pollocks KnobS 190°407 m14.1 mi
Herron HillW 272°384 m2.9 mi
Rich HillNNE 20°365 m9.5 mi
Mt. SycamoreNE 43°229.2 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5020:1320:54
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:4016:1316:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303140516170747366554435
Precip in3.22.73.33.23.94.73.83.73.32.92.93.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Braddock Lock 2, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer446 obs
  • American Robin444 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk303 obs
  • Northern Cardinal285 obs
  • American cancer-root281 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel277 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly257 obs
  • Blue Jay235 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/256631887

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