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East Castle Street Butterfly Gardens

East Castle Street Butterfly Gardens from directly overhead

East Castle Street Butterfly Gardens is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Gannett Hill stands 690 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Geneva
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.86809, -76.98032

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bi-Centennial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Lakefront Park: 0.3 mi
  • Genesee Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pulteney Park: 0.3 mi
  • Richards Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks: 57
Museums: 36
Historic sites: 30
  • Cayuga - Seneca Canal: 0.2 mi
  • American Civil War Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument: 9.8 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 59: 13.3 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 59: 13.4 mi
Attractions: 30
  • Finger Lakes Welcome Center: 0.2 mi
  • Site of the Whitmer Red Schoolhouse: 5.8 mi
  • Cayuga Lake (Thomas B. Marsh): 12.7 mi
  • Birth place of Zebedee Coltrin: 15.5 mi
  • Original Stafford Schoolhouse: 16.5 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Gardens: 15
  • East Castle Street Butterfly Gardens: 0.0 mi
  • Trinity Memorial Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Hope Garden: 13.6 mi
  • South Entrance/Exit Lane Bed (Entrance Lane Side): 13.8 mi
  • Inner Parking Lot Bed (Lane #1): 13.8 mi
Artworks: 13
Beaches: 4
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 14.3 mi
  • Kershaw Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Bristol Harbour Beach: 19.9 mi
  • Glenwood Beach: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Hosmer Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Oak Tree Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Silver Thread Falls: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 1
  • Klippel Spring: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of East Castle Street Butterfly Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gannett HillWSW 242°690 m24.6 mi
Worden HillWSW 247°666 m24.5 mi
Stid HillWSW 248°635 m22.3 mi
West Italy HillSW 224°625 m24.4 mi
Powell HillWSW 240°617 m24.7 mi
South HillWSW 236°575 m21.0 mi
Johnson HillWSW 252°538 m20.7 mi
East HillSW 227°488 m20.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4319:20
June solstice05:3020:0820:51
September equinox06:5618:3019:07
December solstice07:3615:5116:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232532445766706861503929
Precip in1.81.62.42.83.33.63.73.53.33.82.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Geneva Rsch Farm, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel138 obs
  • Snow Goose41 obs
  • Great Blue Heron35 obs
  • Mallard33 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull28 obs
  • American Mink20 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle19 obs
  • Common Rudd19 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/686454435

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