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Glenwood Beach

Glenwood Beach from directly overhead

Glenwood Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 219 m. Truxton Hill stands 616 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Owasco Bluffs Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. Scenic Route 90 passes 9.2 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
219 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.81035, -76.51494

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Owasco Lake Water Access: 4.6 mi
  • Island Park: 6.5 mi
  • Harriet Tubman National Historical Park: 7.4 mi
  • Owasco Park: 7.5 mi
  • Jack Clifford Park: 8.0 mi
Peaks: 57
Nature reserves: 43
Historic sites: 37
  • Auburn Roundhouse: 8.9 mi
  • Snyder Bridge Dedication Plaque: 14.7 mi
  • Marcellus Veterans Memorial: 14.8 mi
  • Marcellus Veterans Memorials: 14.9 mi
  • The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument: 15.7 mi
Museums: 31
  • Isabel Howland House (Opendore): 6.3 mi
  • Howland Stone Store Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Harriet Tubman Residence: 7.4 mi
  • Harriet Tubman Visitor Center & Tubman Home for the Aged: 7.4 mi
  • Seward House Museum: 8.6 mi
Artworks: 21
  • William Seward: 8.6 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 8.7 mi
  • Herons: 15.7 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 17.5 mi
  • Tom Caughlin Mural: 18.8 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Harriet Tubman Gravesite: 8.3 mi
  • Millard Fillmore's Cabin: 9.2 mi
  • Old Dam: 10.5 mi
  • Cayuga Lake (Thomas B. Marsh): 11.3 mi
  • Birth place of Zebedee Coltrin: 18.1 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Upper Carpenter Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Lower Carpenter Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Guppy Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Bucktail Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Oak Tree Falls: 14.3 mi
Gardens: 10
  • Trinity Memorial Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Leonard Property: 21.9 mi
  • Freeville Community Garden: 22.1 mi
  • Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 22.2 mi
  • James Pass Arboretum: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Preble: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Dorwin Springs: 21.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Truxton HillE616 m22.7 mi
Labrador HillE606 m23.2 mi
Ripley HillE604 m14.0 mi
Jones HillE598 m24.0 mi
Preble HillE580 m16.5 mi
Vesper HillE579 m16.4 mi
Gifford HillE576 m16.0 mi
Brake HillESE574 m17.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4119:18
June solstice05:2820:0620:49
September equinox06:5418:2819:05
December solstice07:3415:5016:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232532455766716962504030
Precip in2.92.53.23.73.84.14.34.33.94.53.63.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auburn, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357561678

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