Is McCandless safe? United States travel risk
Is McCandless safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
McCandless scores 36/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
McCandless scores 36/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to McCandless: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 36 is higher than 32% of the cities we score.
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Location & Spatial Data
Geographically located in Pennsylvania (40.5836° N, 80.0283° W), McCandless sits 318.0 km SE from Washington at lowland elevation.
Pennsylvania
40.5836° N, 80.0283° W
Lowland
UTC
29,258
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United States)
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (28 °C avg high); Wettest: May (137 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 3° | 5° | 10° | 17° | 21° | 26° | 28° | 28° | 25° | 18° | 10° | 4° |
| Low °C | -6° | -5° | -0° | 6° | 11° | 16° | 19° | 18° | 15° | 9° | 2° | -3° |
| Rain mm | 85 | 78 | 103 | 108 | 137 | 120 | 113 | 102 | 87 | 82 | 89 | 99 |
Normals: Pittsburgh (16.6 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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