Ross Park Carousel
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Ross Park Carousel is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 332 m. Page Pond Hill stands 612 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Ross Park Zoo, a park 0.1 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Ross Park Carousel is a historic carousel located at Binghamton in Broome County, New York. The carousel is housed in a wooden, one story, 16-sided, pavilion topped by an eight sided cupola. The carousel has 60 horses standing four abreast, each of which is a "jumper," and two chariots. It was constructed by the Allan Herschell Company and contains its original Wurlitzer #146-A Band Organ. The carousel was purchased about 1920 and is one of six carousels donated to the citizens of Broome County by George F. Johnson (1857–1948), president of Endicott Johnson Corporation. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. Other carousels located in the Greater Binghamton Region:
C. Fred Johnson Park Carousel George F. Johnson Recreation Park Carousel George W. Johnson Park Carousel Highland Park Carousel West Endicott Park Carousel
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7369559, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Ross Park Zoo: 0.1 mi
- Ross Park: 0.1 mi
- South Mountain Park: 0.8 mi
- MacArthur Park: 1.1 mi
- South Side Veteran's Park: 1.2 mi
- Ingraham Hill: 2.4 mi
- Mount Prospect: 3.2 mi
- Bunn Hill: 3.7 mi
- Lucky Hill: 3.8 mi
- Roundtop Hill: 4.0 mi
- Binghamton University Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Nuthatch Hollow: 3.9 mi
- Nuthatch Hollow: 4.0 mi
- IBM Glen: 6.1 mi
- Pettus Hill Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Recreation Park Carousel: 2.1 mi
- "Home of the Square Deal" Arch: 3.1 mi
- C. Fred Johnson Park Carousel: 3.6 mi
- Cutler Botanic Garden: 3.6 mi
- The Top: 3.7 mi
- The Skirmisher: 1.3 mi
- George F. Johnson statue: 2.0 mi
- Dickinson Object: 3.0 mi
- Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 3.2 mi
- Falling Man: 3.2 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 1.7 mi
- Harpur Statue: 3.3 mi
- Harry L. Johnson Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Chimney: 5.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Roberson Museum & Science Center: 1.4 mi
- Phelps Mansion: 1.7 mi
- The Bundy Museum of History and Art: 2.1 mi
- Vestal Museum: 7.1 mi
- Kopernik Observatory & Science Center: 8.2 mi
- Broome Gateway Rest Area: 7.6 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 10.3 mi
- Owego Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Laurel Ave Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Outdoor Biological Research Facility: 3.7 mi
- Campus Garden: 3.8 mi
- The Salt Spring: 11.5 mi
- Salt Springs: 11.6 mi
- Spencer Spring: 24.7 mi
- Devils Elbow: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Ross Park Carousel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Page Pond Hill | ENE 77° | 612 m | 21.7 mi |
| Cork Hill | SW 236° | 577 m | 10.2 mi |
| Round Hill | ESE 106° | 567 m | 20.1 mi |
| Ingraham Hill | WSW 247° | 556 m | 2.4 mi |
| Birchard Hill | SSE 168° | 555 m | 16.1 mi |
| Lucky Hill | SSW 203° | 550 m | 3.8 mi |
| Stonecrop Hill | SSE 155° | 549 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bobell Hill | NE 40° | 546 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:50 | 16:36 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Endicott, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 91001966OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Ross Park Carousel, reference 91001966, listed 01/25/92.
OpenStreetMap element way/223566439
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