Point O'Rocks
Point O'Rocks is a cliff in New York, at a recorded elevation of 339 m. Connecticut Hill stands 638 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Dawes Hill, a peak 2.3 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 339 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 24.9 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 12 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dawes Hill: 2.3 mi
- Beech Hill: 2.7 mi
- Seely Hill: 3.0 mi
- West Hill: 4.6 mi
- Elston Hill: 4.8 mi
- hillview park: 2.4 mi
- Nichols Park: 5.1 mi
- Newfield Community Park: 7.4 mi
- Lane Collyer Field: 8.1 mi
- Jim Butterfield Stadium: 9.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls State Park: 8.5 mi
- South Hill Natural Area West: 9.4 mi
- Cliffside State Forest: 9.6 mi
- East Ithaca Nature Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Pine Tree Wildlife Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 11.4 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 11.4 mi
- SaSaNa Loft Monument: 16.7 mi
- Tioga County Veterans Memorial: 17.1 mi
- Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Monument: 17.1 mi
- Lower Falls: 8.6 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 9.2 mi
- Potter's Falls: 9.4 mi
- Lucifer Falls: 9.4 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 11.6 mi
- Spencer Historical Museum: 4.9 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 10.8 mi
- Sciencenter: 11.5 mi
- Museum of the Earth: 12.8 mi
- Newark Valley Depot Museum: 16.0 mi
- Incodema: 8.9 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 12.8 mi
- Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 14.0 mi
- Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 14.7 mi
- Rt 96 Self Storage: 15.1 mi
- Alpha Phi Alpha memorial garden: 11.2 mi
- Ithaca Children's Garden: 11.3 mi
- Minn's Garden: 11.3 mi
- Rockwell Azalea Garden: 11.3 mi
- Farrand Garden: 11.3 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 10.8 mi
- Labrador Duck: 20.8 mi
- Olivia Langdon: 21.0 mi
- Mark Twain: 21.0 mi
- Thomas K. Beecher Statue: 21.2 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 8.8 mi
- Devils Elbow: 16.4 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 20.9 mi
- Owego Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Nichols Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 4.2 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 8.9 mi
- Round Top Recreation Area: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Point O'Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Hill | NW 308° | 638 m | 11.6 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | NE 43° | 612 m | 15.2 mi |
| Irish Hill | W 265° | 599 m | 8.6 mi |
| Hammond Hill | NE 44° | 598 m | 14.4 mi |
| Doll Hill | WNW 297° | 596 m | 8.9 mi |
| Buck Hill | NW 309° | 594 m | 12.6 mi |
| Seely Hill | WNW 288° | 582 m | 3.0 mi |
| Barnes Hill | W 273° | 571 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:52 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 24 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spencer 1 NE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357577603
Day trips start here
- Ithaca · 11 mi
- Trumansburg · 20 mi
- Watkins Glen · 21 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 26 mi
- Cortland · 27 mi
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