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Fort Bull

Fort Bull from directly overhead

Fort Bull is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Penn Mountain stands 551 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Rome Sports Hall of Fame & Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Trail passes 0.6 miles off.

AKA Fort Wood Creek (per National Park Service) built by the British to protect the West end of the Oneida Carrying Place, a strategic land portage located between the Mohawk River and Wood Creek. At the East end was Fort William.

About

The story

Fort Bull was located at the Oneida Carry in British North America (now New York, United States) during the French and Indian War. On October 29, 1755 Governor William Shirley ordered Captain Mark Petrie to take the men under his command and to build a fort on the upper landing of Wood Creek to protect the Oneida Carry. The fort was capable of holding a garrison of sixty to seventy men. The fort was attacked and destroyed by the French on March 27, 1756, in the Battle of Fort Bull.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q5470865, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
"FORT BULL on water route destroyed and many killed by French and Indians MARCH 27, 1756"
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Permitted
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.22342, -75.50204
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Liberty Gardens/Thron Park: 1.5 mi
  • Steven's Field: 1.6 mi
  • Wiggins Park: 1.8 mi
  • Guyer Field: 2.1 mi
  • Fifth Ward Playground: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 46
  • Fort Stanwix: 2.5 mi
  • B-52 Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • New London Junction Lock: 4.1 mi
  • Oriskany Battlefield Monument: 7.4 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Aqueduct: 9.8 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Museums: 22
Artworks: 10
Attractions: 4
  • Clinton Cider Mill: 13.3 mi
  • Utica Tower: 15.8 mi
  • Little Village Park Band Stand: 19.9 mi
  • Geographical Center of New York State: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Hamilton Community Garden: 12.7 mi
  • Root Glen: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Verona Beach: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Fort Bull. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Penn MountainNE 48°551 m16.3 mi
Starr HillENE 56°545 m15.2 mi
Hardscrabble HillSSE 154°545 m20.8 mi
Prospect HillS 185°539 m18.9 mi
Bowen HillNE 49°538 m15.1 mi
Oakes HillNE 48°514 m14.0 mi
Jackson HillNNE 27°512 m16.3 mi
Crow HillS 188°507 m21.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3719:14
June solstice05:2320:0320:46
September equinox06:5018:2419:01
December solstice07:3215:4416:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222332455765706961503928
Precip in2.52.43.43.74.54.24.23.64.04.73.72.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rome Griffiss Airfield, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element way/198826591

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