Pollocks Knob
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
- 12.4 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
- 12.6 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Yohogania Courthouse: 2.2 mi
- Edgebrook Bridge: 4.9 mi
- Edgebrook Shelter: 4.9 mi
- Poem: 5.4 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Whetzel Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Buffalo Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Shamrock Woods: 6.3 mi
- Dead Man's Hollow Conservation Area: 6.9 mi
- South Taylor Environmental Park: 7.0 mi
- 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
- 1162: 6.7 mi
- 1094: 6.7 mi
- 1104: 6.8 mi
- 1166: 6.9 mi
- 1158: 6.9 mi
- 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
- Bethel Park Historical Society: 6.7 mi
- Greater Monessen Historical: 7.1 mi
- Elizabeth Township Historical Society: 7.8 mi
- McKeesport Heritage Center: 9.0 mi
- Historical Society of Mount Lebanon: 10.0 mi
- Harvest: 4.9 mi
- Springvale: 4.9 mi
- Blue Grass 2: 5.1 mi
- Shepard: 5.1 mi
- Timothy 1: 5.1 mi
- Silent Brook Well: 6.1 mi
- Hundred Acres Manor Haunted House: 6.4 mi
- Canton Avenue: 11.6 mi
- Canton Avenue: 11.6 mi
- Canton Avenue: 11.6 mi
- 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
- Hay's Wall: 9.6 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 14.3 mi
- Point Pleasant: 24.7 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 10.1 mi
- Francis Spring: 10.8 mi
- West Overton: 22.4 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Hill | SE 128° | 478 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount Wheeler | WSW 241° | 450 m | 17.5 mi |
| Roundtop | SE 126° | 432 m | 18.6 mi |
| Sheppler Hill | SE 134° | 429 m | 9.9 mi |
| Rich Hill | SE 135° | 420 m | 12.9 mi |
| Hannas Knob | W 268° | 417 m | 12.1 mi |
| Krepp Knob | S 171° | 407 m | 15.6 mi |
| Bald Hill | E 96° | 397 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:13 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:14 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
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
Day trips start here
- Mt. Lebanon · 10 mi
- Green Tree · 12 mi
- South Pittsburgh Region · 13 mi
- Irwin · 14 mi
- Robinson Township · 17 mi
- Washington · 17 mi
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