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Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook

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Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook — direction of view not recorded. Terrain and imagery at true elevation.
Overview · Assembled from verified data

Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook sits at 389 feet along the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway, with only 8 feet of elevation change within 600 meters of the site. Allan H. Treman State Marine Park lies half a mile west, and Cass Park is 0.6 miles to the south-southwest. Several park features appear to the south and southeast at similar distances, including Conley Park, Auburn Park, Conway Park, Thompson Park, and Markels Flats, all within roughly a mile. Ithaca Falls Natural Area and Ithaca Falls itself are visible to the southeast and east-southeast at about 1.0 mile, with the falls at 597 feet elevation. Sunset Park, to the east, sits higher at 644 feet. East Shore Park is northeast at 0.8 miles. Ithaca is 1.6 miles to the south-southeast. Sunrise and sunset times vary by season, from a 05:30 sunrise at the June solstice to a 07:33 sunrise at the December solstice, with sunset ranging from 16:37 in December to 20:47 in June. The next stop along the byway is Taughannock Falls Overlook.

Access
0.4 mi detour
Elevation
389 ft
Relief
8 ft drop
In view
11 named features
Photos · Real imagery only
500px provided description: End Of The Day [#lake ,#sunset ,#cloud ,#red sky ,#ithaca ,#five finger lakes]
Shawn Lee · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
sunset in ithaca
CarmenEsparzaAmoux · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Merlin Falco columbarius , with House Sparrow leg in mouth. Ithaca, New York.
Tim from Ithaca · CC BY 2.0 · source
Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum palmarum at Stewart Park, Ithaca, New York.
Tim from Ithaca · CC BY 2.0 · source
King Eider Somateria spectabilis , subadult male, Stewart Park, Fall Creek, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Seabamirum from Ithaca · CC BY 2.0 · source
female common merganser checking out a nesting hole in the crook of a tree <a href=" http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/common_merganser/lifehistory " rel="nofollow">common merganser</a>
Matt MacGillivray from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0 · source
In view · Named features

What you’re looking at

Named terrain around this overlook, nearest first. No view direction is recorded, so every bearing is listed.

  • Allan H. Treman State Marine Park385 ftwest · 0.5 mi
  • Cass Park387 ftsouth-southwest · 0.6 mi
  • Sunset Park644 fteast · 0.8 mi
  • East Shore Park409 ftnorth-northeast · 0.8 mi
  • Conley Park389 ftsouth-southeast · 0.8 mi
  • Auburn Park390 ftsouth-southeast · 0.9 mi
  • Ithaca Falls Natural Area528 ftsoutheast · 1.0 mi
  • Ithaca Falls597 fteast-southeast · 1.0 mi
  • Conway Park389 ftsouth · 1.1 mi
  • Thompson Park396 ftsouth-southeast · 1.1 mi
  • Markels Flats396 ftsouth-southeast · 1.2 mi
When to look · Sun at this latitude

Light

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox07:1019:1818:41
June solstice05:3020:4720:05
September equinox06:5419:0518:28
December solstice07:3316:3715:51

Local time (America/New_York). Computed for this exact position.

Getting there · Position and access

Where it is

  • Ithaca1.6 mi south-southeast
  • Vestal34.8 mi southeast
  • Binghamton39.4 mi southeast
After it: Taughannock Falls Overlook →
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Common questions

How high is Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook?

Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook sits at about 389 feet (119 m).

What can you see from Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook?

From Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook: Allan H. Treman State Marine Park (W, 0.5 mi); Cass Park (SSW, 0.6 mi); Sunset Park (E, 0.8 mi); East Shore Park (NNE, 0.8 mi).

What is the nearest town to Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook?

Ithaca, 1.6 miles SSE of Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook.

What is the next lookout after Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook?

Taughannock Falls Overlook is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook.

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