Hyde Hall Covered Bridge
Hyde Hall Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in New York, at a modelled elevation of 365 m. Hooker Mountain stands 709 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Hyde Hall Museum, a museum 0.6 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off.
The story
Hyde Hall Bridge is a wooden covered bridge over Shadow Brook built in 1825, on then-private property of Hyde Hall, a country mansion. Both are now included in Glimmerglass State Park. With the possible exception of the Hassenplug Bridge in Pennsylvania (also built in 1825), it is the oldest documented, existing covered bridge in the United States. The World Guide to Covered Bridges and its entries of both the National Register of Historic Places and the Historic American Engineering Record list it as being constructed in 1825. The Historic American Buildings Survey entry for it shows an 1830 erection date. The bridge consists of a single 53-foot (16 m) span using a Burr Arch Truss and was constructed by master carpenter Cyrenus Clark with assistance from carpenter Andrew Alden and stonemason Lorenzo Bates. Renovations to the bridge were performed by the State of New York in 1967. It is one of 29 historic covered bridges in New York State.
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Dates from 1825.
Wikidata Q5953540, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1825
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 15.9 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 16.1 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 26.9 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Wellington: 1.2 mi
- Pine Cobble: 2.2 mi
- Red House Hill: 2.5 mi
- Briar Hill: 2.9 mi
- Metcalf Hill: 3.9 mi
- Lake Front Park: 6.8 mi
- Council Rock Park: 6.8 mi
- Cooper Park: 7.0 mi
- Cooper Grounds Park: 7.0 mi
- Spring Park: 7.5 mi
- Thayer Farm: 1.9 mi
- Goodyear Swamp Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
- Roseboom State Forest: 5.3 mi
- Maumee Swamp: 5.4 mi
- Upper Research Site: 6.6 mi
- Cherry Valley Massacre Monument: 5.4 mi
- James Fenimore Cooper Statue: 7.0 mi
- David Pethic Memorial Plaque: 8.7 mi
- Grave of Henry Seeber: 9.2 mi
- Fort Plain: 15.6 mi
- Hyde Hall Museum: 0.6 mi
- Cherry Valley Historical Association: 5.7 mi
- Fenimore Art Museum: 6.1 mi
- Farmers' Museum: 6.3 mi
- National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: 6.9 mi
- Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad: 14.4 mi
- Gobbler's Knob Family Fun Park: 24.2 mi
- Howe Caverns: 24.4 mi
- Howe Caverns: 24.5 mi
- Secret Caverns: 24.6 mi
- The Hunter: 6.7 mi
- Poseidon statue: 16.8 mi
- Judds Falls: 6.8 mi
- Canajoharie Falls: 16.7 mi
- East Worcester Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Mohawk Valley Welcome Center: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Hyde Hall Covered Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hooker Mountain | S 179° | 709 m | 13.3 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SE 132° | 698 m | 14.3 mi |
| Algerine Hill | SE 134° | 684 m | 14.0 mi |
| Cornish Hill | SSW 195° | 680 m | 9.4 mi |
| Dog Hill | S 179° | 678 m | 15.3 mi |
| Stone Quarry Hill | SE 141° | 669 m | 14.1 mi |
| Elliot Hill | SE 128° | 660 m | 12.3 mi |
| Rum Hill | WNW 283° | 641 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:59 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:43 | 16:29 |
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 | 18 | 20 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cooperstown, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 98001539OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Hyde Hall Covered Bridge, reference 98001539, listed 12/17/98.
OpenStreetMap element way/1069021900
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