Lower Guard Wall
Lower Guard Wall is a pier in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Lower Guard Wall is situated nearby to Lock 2, as well as near the pier Esplanade.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium and Sixmile Island.
Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium
Zoo
The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is a zoo and aquarium in the United States, one of only six major zoo and aquarium hybrids in the United States. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Highland Park, 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. Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is situated 1,700 feet south of Lower Guard Wall.
Sixmile Island
Islet
Sixmile Island is an alluvial island in the Allegheny River in Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Despite being shown as part of Sharpsburg borough on some maps, including from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, it is part of O'Hara Township.
Bayernhof Music Museum
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aspinwall and Highland.
Aspinwall
Village
Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aspinwall is a borough on the Allegheny River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 2,916 at the 2020 census.
Highland
Neighborhood
Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Highland Park is a neighborhood in the northeastern part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Highland Park, the neighborhood, fully encompasses the park with the same name.
Strip District-Lawrenceville
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The Strip District and Lawrenceville are two prominent neighborhoods on the eastern side of Pittsburgh, in an area with many former industrial and warehouse districts where many immigrant workers lived.
Lower Guard Wall
- Type: Pier
- Categories: industry, historic site, and transportation
- Location: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.48807° or 40° 29′ 17″ northLongitude
-79.91708° or 79° 55′ 2″ westInception
1934Open location code
87G2F3QM+65OpenStreetMap ID
way 1361145812OpenStreetMap feature
historic=maritimeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=pier
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