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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. 58 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: 58
Nature reserves: 46
Historic sites: 38
  • 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: 13
  • 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 HillE 99°616 m22.7 mi
Labrador HillE 95°606 m23.2 mi
Ripley HillE 96°604 m14.0 mi
Jones HillE 92°598 m24.0 mi
Preble HillE 101°580 m16.5 mi
Vesper HillE 90°579 m16.4 mi
Gifford HillE 98°576 m16.0 mi
Brake HillESE 116°574 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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