Root Glen
Root Glen is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Tassel Hill stands 592 m to the south-southeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is The Wellin Museum of Art, a museum 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Trail passes 7.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 8.8 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 10.6 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 11.4 mi off the Black River Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- College Hill: 0.3 mi
- Christmas Knob: 1.3 mi
- Sunset Hill: 1.3 mi
- The Knob: 1.7 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.1 mi
- Mason Field: 0.3 mi
- Campus Road Athletic Field: 0.5 mi
- Foundation Fields: 1.4 mi
- Village Green: 1.4 mi
- Kirkland Town Park: 1.9 mi
- Erie Canal Monument: 7.6 mi
- Sherman Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Steuben Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Dunham Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Mount Hunger State Forest: 11.8 mi
- Gorton Lake State Forest: 12.8 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 13.0 mi
- Brookfield Railroad State Forest: 15.4 mi
- The Gateway Reserve: 16.1 mi
- The Wellin Museum of Art: 0.2 mi
- Oriskany Museum: 8.3 mi
- Munson: 9.0 mi
- Childrens Museum: 10.0 mi
- Oneida Community Mansion House: 10.0 mi
- The Eagle: 8.3 mi
- Statue of Liberty Replica: 8.4 mi
- Saint Marianne Cope: 9.2 mi
- When I Was Hungry and Thirsty: 9.2 mi
- Utica Mural: 9.6 mi
- Clinton Cider Mill: 1.2 mi
- Utica Tower: 10.3 mi
- Geographical Center of New York State: 13.2 mi
- Perryville Falls: 20.4 mi
- Chittenango Falls: 22.5 mi
- Pixley Falls: 24.6 mi
- Hamilton Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Spruce Ridge Landscape & Garden Center: 20.8 mi
- The Ledges: 15.5 mi
- Punchbowl: 23.4 mi
- Verona Beach: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Root Glen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tassel Hill | SSE 149° | 592 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Hunger | SSE 164° | 588 m | 11.5 mi |
| Ritz Hill | S 178° | 576 m | 15.4 mi |
| Round Top | SE 132° | 575 m | 18.6 mi |
| Quaker Hill | S 177° | 568 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mutton Hill | WSW 249° | 566 m | 18.1 mi |
| York Hill | S 180° | 563 m | 16.0 mi |
| Beaver Hill | SSE 162° | 561 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:36 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:02 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:44 | 16:30 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Utica Oneida CO AP, 7 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer46 obs
- common milkweed36 obs
- lesser celandine30 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander28 obs
- Herb Robert26 obs
- Eastern Chipmunk25 obs
- white baneberry23 obs
- Common Garter Snake22 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/284615141
Day trips start here
- Clinton · 1 mi
- Utica · 9 mi
- Rome · 12 mi
- Central New York · 20 mi
- Cazenovia · 24 mi
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