144 Million Gallons
144 Million Gallons is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 194 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cobbs Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 2.6 miles off.
Plaque: Rochester's historic Cobbs Hill Reservoir is 25 feet deep and holds 144 million gallons of water. It was constructed in 1908 by Dennison and Company in the site of a former gravel quarry. Renowned United States park planners the Olmsted Brothers
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Owen's Point · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cobb's Hill Park: 0.1 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 0.2 mi
- Oakdale-Mayflower Park: 0.4 mi
- Mayflower-Warrington Park: 0.4 mi
- Norris Drive Park: 0.5 mi
- Chubby & Firefighter: 1.2 mi
- Big Pencil (Writers & Books): 1.2 mi
- Balance: 1.2 mi
- ⚢: 1.3 mi
- ⚣: 1.3 mi
- Photo City Improv: 1.2 mi
- RBTL West Herr Auditorium Theatre: 1.7 mi
- West Herr Performing Arts Center: 1.7 mi
- Eastman Dental Dispensary Building: 1.8 mi
- Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County: 2.1 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 0.0 mi
- Pinnacle Hill: 0.8 mi
- Methodist Hill: 6.6 mi
- Craig Hill: 8.9 mi
- Paddy Hill: 9.0 mi
- Enlarged Erie Canal: 0.4 mi
- Rosebud War Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Cab Calloway Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Blanche Calloway Monument: 1.0 mi
- Nathaniel Square Dedication: 1.7 mi
- George Eastman Museum: 1.0 mi
- Rochester Medical Museum and Archives: 1.1 mi
- Memorial Art Gallery: 1.5 mi
- Stone Tolan House: 1.5 mi
- National Museum of Play at The Strong: 1.7 mi
- Former St. John Fisher Golf Course: 3.8 mi
- Wynd's Woods: 3.9 mi
- Erie Canal Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Robert C. Corby Arboretum and Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.1 mi
- Irene Gossin Nature Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Wide Water Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Swillburg Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Swillburg Comm. Garden: 0.9 mi
- Garden of Fragrance: 1.1 mi
- 490 Farms: 1.3 mi
- Upper Falls: 2.1 mi
- High Falls: 2.6 mi
- Postcard Falls: 2.8 mi
- Densmore Falls: 3.7 mi
- Middle Falls: 3.8 mi
- Windsor Beach: 8.0 mi
- Ontario Beach: 8.6 mi
- Kershaw Beach: 24.0 mi
- Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 24.1 mi
- Hamlin Beach: 25.0 mi
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse: 8.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of 144 Million Gallons. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Mountain | SSE 157° | 358 m | 18.9 mi |
| Jakman Hill | S 190° | 357 m | 21.0 mi |
| Baptist Hill | SSE 160° | 356 m | 21.8 mi |
| Hopper Hills | SSE 161° | 335 m | 14.2 mi |
| Allens Hill | S 173° | 317 m | 21.1 mi |
| Taft Hill | S 170° | 287 m | 18.4 mi |
| Baker Hill | SE 134° | 282 m | 10.4 mi |
| College Hill | S 188° | 267 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11749343425
Day trips start here
- Farmington · 17 mi
- Palmyra · 18 mi
- Williamson · 20 mi
- Canandaigua · 23 mi
- Newark · 25 mi
- Finger Lakes Apple Country · 29 mi
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