Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Flower Power, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 1.8 miles off.
Plaque says: "Wish You Were Here" -Hans Van de Bovenkamp Continuing Gary Stern's Vision
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Owen's Point · 5 mi
- Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Flower Power: 0.1 mi
- Spindle (Needle and Spindle): 0.1 mi
- Needle (Needle and Spindle): 0.1 mi
- Soliloquy: 0.2 mi
- ⚥: 0.2 mi
- Merriman Street Playground: 0.2 mi
- Centennial Sculpture Park: 0.3 mi
- RMSC Public Access Park: 0.6 mi
- Goodwin Park: 0.7 mi
- First Street Park: 0.8 mi
- RBTL West Herr Auditorium Theatre: 0.3 mi
- West Herr Performing Arts Center: 0.3 mi
- Eastman Dental Dispensary Building: 0.5 mi
- Photo City Improv: 0.7 mi
- Harro East Ballroom: 1.1 mi
- Philip Seymour Hoffman: 0.4 mi
- Liberty Pole: 1.1 mi
- Civil War monument: 1.2 mi
- Franklin D. Roosevelt memorial: 1.2 mi
- Enlarged Erie Canal: 1.2 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 1.4 mi
- Pinnacle Hill: 1.6 mi
- Methodist Hill: 7.4 mi
- Paddy Hill: 7.6 mi
- Craig Hill: 7.8 mi
- Memorial Art Gallery: 0.3 mi
- George Eastman Museum: 0.4 mi
- Rochester Contemporary Art Center: 0.9 mi
- National Museum of Play at The Strong: 1.0 mi
- Rochester Medical Museum and Archives: 1.2 mi
- Former St. John Fisher Golf Course: 5.1 mi
- Wynd's Woods: 5.2 mi
- Irene Gossin Nature Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Erie Canal Nature Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Robert C. Corby Arboretum and Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.4 mi
- Good Luck Garden: 0.1 mi
- Garden of Fragrance: 0.5 mi
- Wide Water Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Dorris Carlson Reading Garden: 1.3 mi
- 490 Farms: 1.3 mi
- Upper Falls: 1.4 mi
- High Falls: 1.6 mi
- Middle Falls: 2.6 mi
- Lower Falls: 2.7 mi
- Densmore Falls: 2.8 mi
- Windsor Beach: 6.6 mi
- Ontario Beach: 7.2 mi
- Hamlin Beach: 23.7 mi
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse: 6.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 6.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Wish You Were Here. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Mountain | SSE 157° | 358 m | 20.3 mi |
| Jakman Hill | S 188° | 357 m | 22.3 mi |
| Baptist Hill | SSE 160° | 356 m | 23.2 mi |
| Hopper Hills | SSE 161° | 335 m | 15.6 mi |
| Allens Hill | S 172° | 317 m | 22.5 mi |
| Woodchuck Hill | S 172° | 297 m | 19.0 mi |
| Taft Hill | S 169° | 287 m | 19.8 mi |
| Baker Hill | SE 137° | 282 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:11 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 15:52 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester GTR Intl, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13244592857
Day trips start here
- Farmington · 18 mi
- Palmyra · 19 mi
- Williamson · 20 mi
- Canandaigua · 24 mi
- Newark · 26 mi
- Finger Lakes Apple Country · 30 mi
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