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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: 25
  • POW MIA: 7.4 mi
  • Rolling Mills Mine Disaster: 8.9 mi
  • John P. Murtha Statue: 9.1 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 9.2 mi
  • Blairsville Veteran's Memorial: 10.5 mi
Museums: 19
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 KnobSSW 199°893 m19.2 mi
Painter Rock HillSSW 208°893 m24.2 mi
Sugar Camp HillS 186°887 m10.0 mi
Pea Vine HillSSW 195°886 m14.0 mi
Mystery HillS 186°878 m10.6 mi
Irwin HillS 181°868 m9.1 mi
Pike's PeakS 188°868 m11.6 mi
Ulery HillSSW 196°863 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 5080 °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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