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Oak Island Rock Sculpture

Oak Island Rock Sculpture from directly overhead

Oak Island Rock Sculpture is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Butcher Hill stands 482 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Island Village Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 5.7 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates42.90127, -76.86712

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Oak Island Village Park: 0.0 mi
  • Memorial Day Park: 0.2 mi
  • Lafayette Park: 0.3 mi
  • Dempsey Park: 0.4 mi
  • Luce's Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks: 50
Historic sites: 29
  • American Civil War Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Cayuga - Seneca Canal: 6.0 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Richmond Aqeuduct: 10.5 mi
  • Richmond Aqeuduct: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Site of the Whitmer Red Schoolhouse: 1.6 mi
  • Finger Lakes Welcome Center: 6.0 mi
  • Cayuga Lake (Thomas B. Marsh): 8.3 mi
  • Harriet Tubman Gravesite: 15.1 mi
  • Birth place of Zebedee Coltrin: 15.7 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Gardens: 16
Artworks: 12
Waterfalls: 6
  • Hosmer Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Oak Tree Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Silver Thread Falls: 19.9 mi
  • Wolcott Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Guppy Falls: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Glenwood Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 20.1 mi
  • Kershaw Beach: 20.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Klippel Spring: 16.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oak Island Rock Sculpture. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Butcher HillS 170°482 m23.8 mi
The PinnacleSW 214°416 m24.6 mi
Oak HillESE 114°409 m24.7 mi
Miller HillSE 132°368 m21.2 mi
Bennett HillSE 131°367 m20.2 mi
Harkness HillWSW 244°356 m21.1 mi
Lazarus HillWSW 240°323 m20.1 mi
Locust HillSW 232°309 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4219:20
June solstice05:3020:0720:50
September equinox06:5518:2919:07
December solstice07:3615:5116:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232532445766706861503929
Precip in1.81.62.42.83.33.63.73.53.33.82.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Geneva Rsch Farm, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/677446898

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