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Cayuga - Seneca Canal

Cayuga - Seneca Canal from directly overhead

Cayuga - Seneca Canal is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Gannett Hill stands 690 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is I♥NY, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
The Cayuga Seneca Canal opened in 1828 with the release of water from Seneca Lake. This Erie Canal connection linked Geneva to the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean.
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Coordinates42.86947, -76.97753

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lakefront Park: 0.1 mi
  • Bi-Centennial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Gulvin Park: 0.3 mi
  • Genesee Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pulteney Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks: 56
Museums: 36
Attractions: 30
  • Finger Lakes Welcome Center: 0.1 mi
  • Site of the Whitmer Red Schoolhouse: 5.6 mi
  • Cayuga Lake (Thomas B. Marsh): 12.6 mi
  • Birth place of Zebedee Coltrin: 15.5 mi
  • Original Stafford Schoolhouse: 16.5 mi
Historic sites: 26
  • American Civil War Memorial: 6.2 mi
  • The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument: 9.7 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 59: 13.2 mi
  • Arcadia War Memorial: 13.5 mi
  • Lyons Aqueduct: 13.5 mi
Nature reserves: 18
Artworks: 13
Gardens: 6
  • East Castle Street Butterfly Gardens: 0.2 mi
  • Trinity Memorial Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Hope Garden: 13.5 mi
  • South Entrance/Exit Lane Bed (Entrance Lane Side): 14.0 mi
  • North Entrance/Exit Area (Exit lane Side Bed): 14.1 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 14.5 mi
  • Kershaw Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Bristol Harbour Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Glenwood Beach: 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Hosmer Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Oak Tree Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Silver Thread Falls: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 1
  • Klippel Spring: 18.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cayuga - Seneca Canal. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gannett HillWSW690 m24.8 mi
Worden HillWSW666 m24.7 mi
Stid HillWSW635 m22.4 mi
West Italy HillSW625 m24.5 mi
Powell HillWSW617 m24.9 mi
South HillWSW575 m21.2 mi
East HillSW488 m20.2 mi
Butcher HillSSE482 m23.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4319:20
June solstice05:3020:0820:51
September equinox06:5618:3019:07
December solstice07:3615:5116:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232532445766706861503929
Precip in1.81.62.42.83.33.63.73.53.33.82.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Geneva Rsch Farm, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13819696025

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