Fort Stanwix
Fort Stanwix is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Tassel Hill stands 592 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is COLONIAL PARK, a park 0.1 miles away. Black River Trail runs past it.
The story
Fort Stanwix was a colonial fort in present-day Rome, New York. Its construction commenced on August 26, 1758, under the direction of British General John Stanwix, but was not completed until about 1762. The bastion fort was built to guard a portage known as the Oneida Carry during the French and Indian War. Fort Stanwix National Monument, a reconstructed structure built by the National Park Service, now occupies the site. Fort Stanwix is historically significant because of its successful defense by American troops during an August 1777 siege. The fort had been built by the British in 1758 at a strategic site along the water route from Lake Ontario to the Hudson River. After American forces captured and rebuilt the fort during the American Revolutionary War, they were besieged by a British army that invaded from Canada via Lake Ontario, hoping to reach the Hudson River. The British force abandoned the siege, a consequence that helped lead to the defeat of a larger British army during the Saratoga campaign. It was also the site of the 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix between Britain and several Native American tribes, as well as of the 1784 treaty of the same name between the tribes and the American government. Besides the fort reconstruction itself, the national monument includes three short trails that encircle it, one of which follows a portion of the Oneida Carry. The Marinus Willett Collections Management and Education Center preserves the monument's 485,000 artifacts and documents, displays exhibits about Fort Stanwix and the Mohawk Valley, and serves as a regional tourism center.
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Dates from 1758.
Wikidata Q566356, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1758
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States National Park Service
How to reach it
- On the Black River Trail
- On the Central Adirondack Trail
- On the Revolutionary Trail
- 19.8 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- COLONIAL PARK: 0.1 mi
- East Park: 0.1 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- City Hall/Liberty Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Fort Stanwix Park: 0.5 mi
- Dopp Hill: 6.7 mi
- Gifford Hill: 6.9 mi
- Shepherd Hill: 7.3 mi
- Johnnycake Hill: 7.7 mi
- Tripp Pinnacle: 9.4 mi
- B-52 Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Fort Bull: 2.5 mi
- Oriskany Battlefield Monument: 4.9 mi
- New London Junction Lock: 6.3 mi
- Enlarged Erie Canal Aqueduct: 7.3 mi
- South Hill State Forest: 8.8 mi
- Canada Creek State Forest: 9.0 mi
- West Branch State Forest: 11.4 mi
- Buck Hill State Forest: 12.8 mi
- Jackson Hill State Forest: 14.9 mi
- Willett Center: 0.1 mi
- Rome Historical Society: 0.1 mi
- Engine House Number 2: 0.1 mi
- Rome Sports Hall of Fame & Museum: 2.7 mi
- Oriskany Museum: 7.5 mi
- Mother Mary: 7.3 mi
- Saint Marianne Cope: 13.0 mi
- When I Was Hungry and Thirsty: 13.0 mi
- Utica Mural: 13.6 mi
- Franklin Square Alley: 13.6 mi
- Clinton Cider Mill: 11.6 mi
- Utica Tower: 13.3 mi
- Little Village Park Band Stand: 19.8 mi
- Geographical Center of New York State: 21.2 mi
- Hamilton Community Garden: 11.1 mi
- Root Glen: 11.4 mi
- Pixley Falls: 14.4 mi
- Perryville Falls: 22.5 mi
- Verona Beach: 14.1 mi
- The Ledges: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Fort Stanwix. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tassel Hill | SSE 159° | 592 m | 19.9 mi |
| Penn Mountain | NE 40° | 551 m | 15.3 mi |
| Starr Hill | NE 48° | 545 m | 13.9 mi |
| Hardscrabble Hill | SSE 159° | 545 m | 19.0 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSW 193° | 539 m | 18.4 mi |
| Bowen Hill | NE 40° | 538 m | 14.1 mi |
| Oakes Hill | NE 39° | 514 m | 13.0 mi |
| Jackson Hill | NNE 19° | 512 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:43 | 16:30 |
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 | 22 | 23 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rome Griffiss Airfield, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000057OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/120584006
Day trips start here
- Rome · 1 mi
- Clinton · 12 mi
- Utica · 14 mi
- Central New York · 23 mi
- Cazenovia · 28 mi
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