Enlarged Erie Canal
Enlarged Erie Canal is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 151 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cobbs Hill, a park 0.2 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 2.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1852
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Owen's Point · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cobbs Hill: 0.2 mi
- Norris Drive Park: 0.2 mi
- Cobb's Hill Park: 0.3 mi
- Nunda Park West: 0.4 mi
- Nunda Park East: 0.5 mi
- Photo City Improv: 0.8 mi
- RBTL West Herr Auditorium Theatre: 1.5 mi
- West Herr Performing Arts Center: 1.5 mi
- Eastman Dental Dispensary Building: 1.6 mi
- Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County: 2.1 mi
- Chubby & Firefighter: 1.0 mi
- Big Pencil (Writers & Books): 1.1 mi
- Balance: 1.1 mi
- ⚣: 1.2 mi
- ⚢: 1.2 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 0.4 mi
- Pinnacle Hill: 1.1 mi
- Methodist Hill: 7.0 mi
- Paddy Hill: 8.8 mi
- Craig Hill: 8.9 mi
- 144 Million Gallons: 0.4 mi
- Rosebud War Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Cab Calloway Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Blanche Calloway Monument: 1.3 mi
- Nathaniel Square Dedication: 1.9 mi
- Rochester Medical Museum and Archives: 0.7 mi
- George Eastman Museum: 0.9 mi
- Stone Tolan House: 1.4 mi
- Memorial Art Gallery: 1.4 mi
- National Museum of Play at The Strong: 1.7 mi
- Former St. John Fisher Golf Course: 3.9 mi
- Wynd's Woods: 4.0 mi
- Erie Canal Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Robert C. Corby Arboretum and Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.2 mi
- Irene Gossin Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Wide Water Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Swillburg Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Garden of Fragrance: 1.1 mi
- Emmighausen Garden: 1.2 mi
- Swillburg Comm. Garden: 1.2 mi
- Upper Falls: 2.1 mi
- High Falls: 2.6 mi
- Postcard Falls: 2.7 mi
- Densmore Falls: 3.4 mi
- Middle Falls: 3.8 mi
- Windsor Beach: 7.7 mi
- Ontario Beach: 8.4 mi
- Kershaw Beach: 24.1 mi
- Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 24.2 mi
- Hamlin Beach: 24.9 mi
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse: 7.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Enlarged Erie Canal. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Mountain | SSE 158° | 358 m | 19.1 mi |
| Jakman Hill | S 191° | 357 m | 21.4 mi |
| Baptist Hill | SSE 161° | 356 m | 22.0 mi |
| Hopper Hills | SSE 162° | 335 m | 14.4 mi |
| Allens Hill | S 173° | 317 m | 21.4 mi |
| Taft Hill | S 170° | 287 m | 18.7 mi |
| Baker Hill | SE 136° | 282 m | 10.5 mi |
| College Hill | S 188° | 267 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/434311110
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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