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Pollocks Knob

Pollocks Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Pollocks Knob rises to 407 m in Pennsylvania. Fort Hill stands 478 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Beedle Park, a park 1.6 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49063096, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
407 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.25257, -79.95088

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Beedle Park: 1.6 mi
  • Gill Hall Community Park: 2.5 mi
  • Tepe Park: 2.5 mi
  • New Eagle Riverfront Park: 2.8 mi
  • Union Township Community and Veterans Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • statue base: 5.3 mi
  • McKeesport Model Railroad Club: 7.8 mi
  • The Sail: 7.8 mi
  • Untitled: 12.2 mi
  • Fredosaurus Rex: 12.3 mi
Peaks
  • 1162: 6.7 mi
  • 1094: 6.7 mi
  • 1104: 6.8 mi
  • 1166: 6.9 mi
  • 1158: 6.9 mi
Gardens: 56
  • South Park Demonstration Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Daffodil Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Bethel Park Community Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Community Gardens: 9.0 mi
  • McKeesport Arboretum and Rose Garden: 9.0 mi
Museums: 55
Picnic sites: 19
  • Harvest: 4.9 mi
  • Springvale: 4.9 mi
  • Blue Grass 2: 5.1 mi
  • Shepard: 5.1 mi
  • Timothy 1: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 3.6 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 3.6 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 3.7 mi
  • Redds Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Thornburg Beach: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Thompson Run Falls: 10.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Francis Spring: 10.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Pollocks Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fort HillSE 128°478 m17.5 mi
Mount WheelerWSW 241°450 m17.5 mi
RoundtopSE 126°432 m18.6 mi
Sheppler HillSE 134°429 m9.9 mi
Rich HillSE 135°420 m12.9 mi
Hannas KnobW 268°417 m12.1 mi
Krepp KnobS 171°407 m15.6 mi
Bald HillE 96°397 m16.7 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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1184215 — Pollocks Knob, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357304902

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