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Hamburg Clock Tower

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Hamburg Clock Tower — direction of view not recorded. Terrain and imagery at true elevation.
Overview · Assembled from verified data

Hamburg Clock Tower sits along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail at 577 ft elevation, with the land dropping just 7 ft over the next 600 meters. Hoover Beach is visible to the northeast at 0.5 mi (591 ft), and Woodlawn Beach State Park lies north-northeast at 1.4 mi (590 ft). Buffalo is 7.8 mi to the north, with Amherst 14.5 mi north-northeast and Niagara Falls 23.7 mi north-northwest. Sunrise and sunset times shift across the year, from a 05:38 sunrise at the June solstice to a 07:44 sunrise at the December solstice, with sunsets ranging between 16:45 in December and 20:58 in June. The previous stop on the route is Cliff Top, and the next is Top of Mound.

Access
On the byway
Elevation
577 ft
Relief
7 ft drop
In view
2 named features
Photos · Real imagery only
Sunset over Lake Erie as seen from near the Hamburg Clock Tower at the foot of Big Tree Road, Athol Springs, New York, March 2020.
Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Hamburg clock tower. Behind the clock tower is Steel Winds Urban Wind Farm.
Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY 4.0 · source
Photo of the sunset from my DJI Mavic Pro after I landed right on the shore of Lake Erie at Hamburg Beach, Hamburg, NY.
Ryan Hallock from Topanga, California, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source
The Gateway Building, 3556 Lake Shore Road, Hamburg, New York, November 2021. A paragon of the International Style of architecture erected in 1958 at arguably the apex of that aesthetic's popularity, this was at the time of its construction the largest single-occupant industrial office building in t
Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
A view of the Ford Motor Company's Buffalo Stamping Plant as seen from near the entrance to Woodlawn Beach State Park in Hamburg, New York on a November 2021 afternoon. Occupying an 88-acre site at the southeast corner of Route 5 and the Milestrip Expressway about two and a half miles south of the B
Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Hamburg New York clock tower, at the intersection of Lake Shore (Route 5), Big Tree and Hoover roads, next to Hoak’s Restaurant. Built 2020.
Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY 4.0 · 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.

  • Hoover Beach591 ftnortheast · 0.5 mi
  • Woodlawn Beach State Park590 ftnorth-northeast · 1.4 mi
When to look · Sun at this latitude

Light

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox07:2019:2818:50
June solstice05:3820:5820:15
September equinox07:0319:1518:37
December solstice07:4416:4515:59

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

Getting there · Position and access

Where it is

  • Buffalo7.8 mi north
  • Amherst14.5 mi north-northeast
  • Niagara Falls23.7 mi north-northwest
← Before it: Cliff topAfter it: Top of Mound →
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Common questions

How high is Hamburg Clock Tower?

Hamburg Clock Tower sits at about 577 feet (176 m).

What can you see from Hamburg Clock Tower?

From Hamburg Clock Tower: Hoover Beach (NE, 0.5 mi); Woodlawn Beach State Park (NNE, 1.4 mi).

What is the nearest town to Hamburg Clock Tower?

Buffalo, 7.8 miles N of Hamburg Clock Tower.

What is the next lookout after Hamburg Clock Tower?

Top of Mound is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after Hamburg Clock Tower.

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