Water Wheel
Water Wheel is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 129 m. Stid Hill stands 635 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Powder Mills Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 9.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Monroe County
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 13 mi
- Owen's Point · 14 mi
- Paid viewfinder · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Powder Mills Park: 0.1 mi
- Horizon Hill Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- Kreag Road Park: 1.4 mi
- Mendon Foundation Eckler Road Property: 1.8 mi
- Great Embankment Park: 1.9 mi
- Hunt Hills: 2.1 mi
- Turk Hill: 2.5 mi
- Baker Hill: 3.1 mi
- Fort Hill: 6.1 mi
- Junction Hill: 6.8 mi
- Phinehas Howe Young Home: 2.6 mi
- Mendon General Store: 3.5 mi
- John Young Home ( front portion): 5.1 mi
- John Young Home ( back portion): 5.1 mi
- Brigham Young Home and Mill Site: 5.3 mi
- Pabos Burial Site: 2.7 mi
- District #1: 2.9 mi
- Four Chaplains Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Gold Star Families Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 3.4 mi
- FLTG Golfball: 2.9 mi
- American Eagle: 3.3 mi
- Rebecca Well: 3.3 mi
- Faith Hope and Charity: 3.5 mi
- Nazareth Pole of Peace: 4.2 mi
- Valentown Museum: 2.7 mi
- Fairport Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- Bark Longhouse: 6.6 mi
- Seneca Art & Culture Center at Ganondagan: 6.7 mi
- Stone Tolan House: 7.2 mi
- Prayer Garden at Mary Magdalene Church: 4.2 mi
- Honeoye Falls Community Garden: 7.7 mi
- Swillburg Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Wide Water Gardens: 8.3 mi
- Pansy Bed: 8.4 mi
- Postcard Falls: 6.1 mi
- Honeoye Falls: 8.5 mi
- Upper Falls: 9.7 mi
- High Falls: 10.4 mi
- Densmore Falls: 10.5 mi
- Windsor Beach: 15.5 mi
- Kershaw Beach: 16.1 mi
- Ontario Beach: 16.2 mi
- Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 16.2 mi
- Bristol Harbour Beach: 22.0 mi
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse: 15.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 15.7 mi
- The Jumpoff: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Water Wheel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stid Hill | SSE 167° | 635 m | 21.2 mi |
| Johnson Hill | SSE 163° | 538 m | 19.6 mi |
| Oak Mountain | SSE 166° | 358 m | 11.3 mi |
| Jakman Hill | SSW 211° | 357 m | 16.5 mi |
| Baptist Hill | SSE 169° | 356 m | 14.3 mi |
| Hopper Hills | S 180° | 335 m | 7.0 mi |
| Allens Hill | S 188° | 317 m | 14.6 mi |
| Woodchuck Hill | SSW 192° | 297 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:10 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8846304940
Day trips start here
- Farmington · 9 mi
- Palmyra · 13 mi
- Canandaigua · 15 mi
- Williamson · 19 mi
- Newark · 20 mi
- Finger Lakes Apple Country · 26 mi
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