Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Region
Allegheny County

Sixmile Island

Sixmile Island is an alluvial in the in in the U.S. state of . Despite being shown as part of on some maps, including from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, it is part of O'Hara Township.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: river island in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as: “Guyasuta Island”, “Nancy Werner Park”, and “Six Mile Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium and Bayernhof Music Museum.

Zoo
The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is a zoo and aquarium in the , one of only six major zoo and aquarium hybrids in the United States. Located in , 's , the zoo sits on 77 acres of park land where it exhibits more than 4,000 animals representing 475 species, including 20 threatened or endangered species.

Museum
Photo: Daderot, CC0.
features a major collection of automated musical instruments from the 19th and 20th centuries. Located six miles northeast of downtown Pittsburgh in the suburb of , it is housed in a German-style mansion…

Museum
Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is located at 5501 Elgin Street in the Highland Park neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aspinwall and Highland.

Village
Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a borough on the in , United States. It is part of the . The population was 2,916 at the 2020 census.

Neighborhood
Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Park is a neighborhood in the northeastern part of Pittsburgh, . Park, the neighborhood, fully encompasses the with the same name.

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The Strip District and Lawrenceville are two prominent neighborhoods on the eastern side of , in an area with many former industrial and warehouse districts where many immigrant workers lived.

Sixmile Island

Latitude
40.49131° or 40° 29′ 29″ north
Longitude
-79.9203° or 79° 55′ 13″ west
Elevation
719 feet (219 metres)
Open location code
87G2F3RH+GV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 156594762
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
5212373
Wiki­data ID
Q7532998
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Satellite Map

Discover Sixmile Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Sixmile Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Sixmile Island”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Sixmile Island”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sharpsburg and Morningside.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Nancy Werner Park and Heth’s Run Bridge.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sixmile Island”. Photo: Albright.kevin.s, CC BY-SA 3.0.