1939 World's Fair Flagpole
1939 World's Fair Flagpole is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 370 m. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the south-southeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is 1890 House, a museum 0.4 miles away. Scenic Route 90 passes 2.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Flagpole from 1939 World's Fair.
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 16.6 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 19 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugget Park: 0.4 mi
- Municipal Water Works Nature Park: 0.5 mi
- Courthouse Park: 0.6 mi
- Beaudry Park: 0.8 mi
- Grange Museum: 1.0 mi
- Lime Hollow Nature Center: 4.2 mi
- O.D. von Engeln Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Grout Brook Fishing Access: 9.3 mi
- Donahue Woods State Forest: 9.4 mi
- Genung Nature Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Cosmos Hill: 2.4 mi
- Carr Hill: 2.5 mi
- East Hill: 3.6 mi
- Hicks Hill: 4.3 mi
- Corl Hill: 5.4 mi
- Spicer Falls: 14.8 mi
- Tinker Falls: 15.0 mi
- Fellows Falls: 15.1 mi
- Bucktail Falls: 15.6 mi
- Upper Carpenter Falls: 16.7 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 6.5 mi
- Millard Fillmore's Cabin: 13.5 mi
- Old Dam: 13.8 mi
- Incodema: 18.1 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 20.1 mi
- Freeville Community Garden: 10.2 mi
- Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 10.4 mi
- Leonard Property: 13.7 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 15.7 mi
- Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden: 17.6 mi
- 1890 House: 0.4 mi
- New York State Grange Museum: 1.0 mi
- Field School House: 16.6 mi
- Sciencenter: 19.1 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 19.2 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 13.8 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 16.5 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 18.0 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 18.3 mi
- Preble: 8.4 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 22.1 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 22.1 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 11.5 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 19.5 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 21.1 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of 1939 World's Fair Flagpole. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | SSE 161° | 643 m | 7.7 mi |
| Greek Peak | SSE 164° | 637 m | 7.3 mi |
| Morgan Hill | NE 38° | 618 m | 16.3 mi |
| Randall Hill | ENE 67° | 617 m | 15.6 mi |
| Tuller Hill | SSE 147° | 616 m | 5.8 mi |
| Truxton Hill | NNE 28° | 616 m | 12.4 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | SSW 205° | 612 m | 11.7 mi |
| Fellows Hill | NNE 30° | 611 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:49 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 22 | 30 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Freeville 1 NE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5284499621
Day trips start here
- Cortland · 0 mi
- Ithaca · 19 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 24 mi
- Trumansburg · 24 mi
- Skaneateles · 27 mi
- Cazenovia · 28 mi
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