490 Farms
490 Farms is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Swillburg Comm. Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 3.0 miles off.
Community Garden with plots for reserve and a free food forest. Also accepts compost material
What to expect
- Operated by
- 490 Farmers
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Owen's Point · 7 mi
- Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ellwanger Barry: 0.4 mi
- Otto Henderberg Square Park: 0.5 mi
- Nathaniel Square: 0.5 mi
- Field St Rec Center: 0.5 mi
- Marie Daley Park: 0.6 mi
- BoulevART: 0.4 mi
- Ore* (Crow statue): 0.8 mi
- Signature Gateway: 1.0 mi
- Mill Wheel: 1.0 mi
- River Currents: 1.0 mi
- Blanche Calloway Monument: 0.5 mi
- Cab Calloway Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Nathaniel Square Dedication: 0.5 mi
- Franklin D. Roosevelt memorial: 0.8 mi
- Civil War monument: 0.8 mi
- Pinnacle Hill: 0.8 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 1.2 mi
- Methodist Hill: 6.1 mi
- Craig Hill: 7.7 mi
- Paddy Hill: 8.2 mi
- Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County: 1.0 mi
- Rundel Memorial Library: 1.0 mi
- Broad Street Bridge: 1.0 mi
- Times Square Building: 1.1 mi
- Main Street Bridge: 1.1 mi
- National Museum of Play at The Strong: 0.7 mi
- Rochester Contemporary Art Center: 1.0 mi
- Memorial Art Gallery: 1.1 mi
- George Eastman Museum: 1.1 mi
- Rochester Auto Museum: 1.1 mi
- Swillburg Comm. Garden: 0.3 mi
- Swillburg Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Wide Water Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Garden of Fragrance: 0.8 mi
- Pansy Bed: 0.9 mi
- Upper Falls: 0.9 mi
- High Falls: 1.5 mi
- Middle Falls: 2.8 mi
- Lower Falls: 3.0 mi
- Norton’s Falls: 3.5 mi
- Windsor Beach: 7.7 mi
- Ontario Beach: 8.2 mi
- Hamlin Beach: 23.9 mi
- Kershaw Beach: 25.0 mi
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse: 7.6 mi
- Keeper's House: 7.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of 490 Farms. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Mountain | SSE 154° | 358 m | 19.6 mi |
| Jakman Hill | S 187° | 357 m | 21.1 mi |
| Baptist Hill | SSE 157° | 356 m | 22.4 mi |
| Hopper Hills | SSE 157° | 335 m | 14.8 mi |
| Allens Hill | S 170° | 317 m | 21.5 mi |
| Woodchuck Hill | S 169° | 297 m | 18.1 mi |
| Taft Hill | SSE 166° | 287 m | 18.9 mi |
| Baker Hill | SE 130° | 282 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:11 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 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, 4 mi away.
- American Robin222 obs
- Groundhog163 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel147 obs
- Canada Goose138 obs
- House Sparrow134 obs
- Lawn daisy129 obs
- Eastern Cottontail127 obs
- Mallard110 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1500954172
Day trips start here
- Farmington · 18 mi
- Palmyra · 19 mi
- Williamson · 21 mi
- Canandaigua · 24 mi
- Newark · 26 mi
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