Gascola Slag Dump

Gascola Slag Dump is a landfill in Penn Hills Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Gascola Slag Dump is situated near the nature reserve Glenwood Park, as well as near Cottonwood-Sunnyfield Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sri Venkateswara Temple and Monroeville Mall.

Sri Venkateswara Temple

Hindu temple

Photo: Bohemian Baltimore, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh is a Hindu temple in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania. It is the oldest Hindu temple in the United States built by Indian immigrants. Sri Venkateswara Temple is situated 1½ miles southwest of Gascola Slag Dump.

Monroeville Mall

Shopping center

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Monroeville Mall is a shopping mall that is located in the municipality of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated on heavily traveled U.S. Route 22 Business near the junction of Interstate 376 and the Monroeville interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Monroeville Mall is situated 2 miles south of Gascola Slag Dump.

Penn Hills High School

School

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Penn Hills High School is a public secondary school located in Penn Hills, east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the sole high school operated by the Penn Hills School District. Penn Hills High School is situated 1½ miles west of Gascola Slag Dump.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penn Hills and Monroeville.

Penn Hills

Town

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Penn Hills is a township with home rule status in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 41,059 as of the 2020 census. A suburb of Pittsburgh, Penn Hills is the second-largest municipality in Allegheny County. Penn Hills is situated 2 miles northwest of Gascola Slag Dump.

Monroeville

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Monroeville is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 12 miles east of Pittsburgh. It is a suburb of Pittsburgh, at the intersection of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the Parkway East which runs to Downtown Pittsburgh.

Wilkins Township

Village

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Wilkins Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,357 at the 2010 census. It is served by Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district, the 43rd District of the Pennsylvania State Senate, and the 34th District of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives. Wilkins Township is situated 3 miles southwest of Gascola Slag Dump.

Gascola Slag Dump

Type: Landfill
Location: Penn Hills Township, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.45851° or 40° 27′ 31″ north

Longitude

-79.78744° or 79° 47′ 15″ west

Open location code

87G2F657+C2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 209967527

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=landfill

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Gascola slag dump summit and Glenwood Park.

Nearby Places

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