- Elevation
- 278 m
- Tallest summit within 18.8 miles
- Virgil Mountain643 m · 16.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway1.8 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:47local time
- Coordinates
- 42.4480, -76.4665
Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden is a garden in New York, at a recorded 278 m. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mundy Wildflower Garden, a park 0.2 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.
- Elevation
- 278 m
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | E 79° | 643 m | 16.9 mi |
| Connecticut Hill | WSW 248° | 638 m | 11.2 mi |
| Greek Peak | ENE 78° | 637 m | 16.5 mi |
| South Hill | ENE 77° | 635 m | 16.4 mi |
| Tuller Hill | ENE 72° | 616 m | 18.2 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | E 91° | 612 m | 9.2 mi |
| Irish Hill | SW 219° | 599 m | 15.5 mi |
| Hammond Hill | E 96° | 598 m | 8.8 mi |
- 1.8 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 13.5 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 2 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mundy Wildflower Garden: 0.2 mi
- Cornell Botanic Gardens: 0.3 mi
- F.R. Newman Arboretum: 0.6 mi
- Rawlings Green: 0.7 mi
- Peter Plaza: 0.8 mi
- Comstock Knoll: 0.3 mi
- Hungerford Hill: 1.6 mi
- Turkey Hill: 2.3 mi
- Snyder Hill: 3.9 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 4.2 mi
- Cascadilla Gorge: 1.1 mi
- Reynolds Game Farm: 1.2 mi
- Pine Tree Wildlife Preserve: 1.4 mi
- East Ithaca Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Ellis Hollow Park: 2.9 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 0.7 mi
- Rocky Falls: 1.0 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 1.0 mi
- Ithaca Falls: 1.3 mi
- Potter's Falls: 2.1 mi
- Incodema: 3.8 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 3.9 mi
- Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 5.3 mi
- Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 6.2 mi
- Rt 96 Self Storage: 6.8 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 1.7 mi
- Sciencenter: 1.9 mi
- Museum of the Earth: 3.8 mi
- Field School House: 6.5 mi
- Cayuga Nature Center: 6.7 mi
- Student Centennial Garden: 0.5 mi
- Deans Garden: 0.5 mi
- Minn's Garden: 0.6 mi
- Rockwell Azalea Garden: 0.7 mi
- Farrand Garden: 0.8 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 0.9 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 1.0 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 6.5 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 8.2 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 15.6 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 3.6 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 11.4 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 21.7 mi
- Castle Point: 24.6 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- Preble: 24.7 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 2.0 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 4.5 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 9.3 mi
| 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 | 07:33 | 15:51 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 24 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ithaca Cornell Univ, under a mile away.
- Spotted Salamander726 obs
- American Robin658 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel588 obs
- Common Garter Snake516 obs
- White-tailed Deer506 obs
- Spongy Moth486 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle471 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee471 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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