. Pittsburgh is located at the southwestern end of the state of Pennsylvania approximately 300 miles (500 km) due west of Philadelphia. It is situated in the western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, where the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers join to create the great Ohio River. The tip of land formed between the confluence of the two rivers is locally known as “the Point” and the adjacent city of Pittsburgh is situated upon its “Golden Triangle”.
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. Philadelphia is the second largest city on the East Coast and the fifth largest city in America. It has a metropolitan population of 5.8 million people with an average winter temperature of 33 degrees (1 C) and an average of 75 degrees (23 C) in the summer. Driving time to Philadelphia is six hours south from Boston, two hours south from New York, three hours northwest from Washington, D.C., two hours from Baltimore and one hour from the coastal resort of Atlantic City.