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Squirrel Hill

Squirrel Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Squirrel Hill rises to 433 m in Pennsylvania. Bald Knob stands 893 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Buttermilk Falls Natural Area, a nature reserve 3.1 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
433 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.37646, -79.08197

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ross Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Pine Ridge County Park: 5.9 mi
  • Pine Ridge Park: 7.3 mi
  • Engh Field: 7.6 mi
  • Stackhouse Park: 8.2 mi
Peaks: 41
Attractions: 40
  • Jack Be Nimble: 12.8 mi
  • Hush A Bye Baby: 12.8 mi
  • The Elf Pond: 12.8 mi
  • Hickory Dickory Dock: 12.8 mi
  • Hickety Pickety: 12.8 mi
Historic sites: 24
  • POW MIA: 7.4 mi
  • Rolling Mills Mine Disaster: 8.9 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 9.2 mi
  • Blairsville Veteran's Memorial: 10.5 mi
  • Eliza Furnace: 11.2 mi
Museums: 16
Nature reserves: 8
Artworks: 7
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 5
  • Laurel Ave Community Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Monastic Garden Area: 17.6 mi
  • Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve Colonial Garden: 17.8 mi
  • Penn State Master Gardeners’ Richard E. Thorn Memorial Gardens: 22.5 mi
  • Formal Garden: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Keystone Beach: 15.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Kooser Spring: 23.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Squirrel Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobSSW893 m19.2 mi
Painter Rock HillSSW893 m24.2 mi
Sugar Camp HillS887 m10.0 mi
Pea Vine HillSSW886 m14.0 mi
Mystery HillS878 m10.6 mi
Irwin HillS868 m9.1 mi
Pike's PeakS868 m11.6 mi
Ulery HillSSW863 m15.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5319:29
June solstice05:4720:1020:51
September equinox07:0518:3919:15
December solstice07:3716:1016:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038505966706962524233
Precip in4.13.34.34.64.55.04.74.04.43.63.43.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laurel MTN, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357313671

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