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Windscreen Island #1

Windscreen Island #1 from directly overhead

Windscreen Island #1 is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 210 m. Frost Hill stands 696 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Windscreen Island #2, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.

First bed next to Parking Lot Lane #1

How to reach it

Coordinates42.87596, -77.25416

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lakefront Park: 0.4 mi
  • Kershaw Park: 0.6 mi
  • Canandaigua City Pier: 1.0 mi
  • Jefferson Park: 1.2 mi
  • Atwater Meadows Park: 1.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 58
Attractions: 42
  • Original Stafford Schoolhouse: 9.3 mi
  • Rockwell Family Home Site: 9.8 mi
  • William Stafford Home: 9.9 mi
  • Russell Stoddard Sawmill & Dam: 10.1 mi
  • Quaker Meeting House: 11.0 mi
Nature reserves: 35
Museums: 34
Artworks: 27
Gardens: 23
  • Windscreen Island #2: 0.0 mi
  • Windscreen Island #3: 0.0 mi
  • Inner Parking Lot Bed (Lane #1): 0.0 mi
  • Windscreen Island #3: 0.0 mi
  • Windscreen Island #4: 0.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Upper Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Honeoye Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Postcard Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Reynolds Gully Falls: 22.3 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 0.5 mi
  • Kershaw Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Bristol Harbour Beach: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 1
  • Klippel Spring: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Windscreen Island #1. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frost HillSW 220°696 m14.9 mi
Gannett HillSSW 213°690 m14.4 mi
Cleveland HillSSW 212°671 m16.3 mi
Canadice HillSW 225°671 m19.1 mi
Worden HillSW 221°666 m13.3 mi
High Point HillSSW 211°659 m18.6 mi
Quail HillSW 224°654 m14.7 mi
Stid HillSW 217°635 m11.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4419:21
June solstice05:3120:0920:52
September equinox06:5718:3119:08
December solstice07:3715:5216:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252734455867727064524131
Precip in1.91.82.63.23.13.64.13.33.13.52.62.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canandaigua 3 S, 3 mi away.

  • Mallard41 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull32 obs
  • Snow Goose29 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle27 obs
  • Brown-lipped Snail26 obs
  • Painted Turtle24 obs
  • Green Frog22 obs
  • Canada Goose21 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12070100893

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