Great Famine Monument
Great Famine Monument is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 143 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is The Peace and Justice Lion, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 4.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- granite
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Owen's Point · 9 mi
- Overlook · 9 mi
- Paid viewfinder · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Peace and Justice Lion: 0.0 mi
- Parents’ Sacrifice: 0.1 mi
- St. Basil the Great: 0.1 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary and Child: 0.1 mi
- St. Thérèse of Lisieux: 0.1 mi
- Peace Pole: 0.1 mi
- Kali Garden: 0.3 mi
- LaSalle Way Plaque: 0.9 mi
- American Legion Post 1917 Veterans Tribute: 1.4 mi
- East Rochester's Forever Young: 1.4 mi
- Rodney B. Janes Park: 0.6 mi
- Concrest Park: 0.7 mi
- Corbett's Glen Nature Park: 1.2 mi
- Panorama Valley Park: 1.4 mi
- Edmund Lyon Park: 1.4 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 3.5 mi
- Pinnacle Hill: 4.0 mi
- Turk Hill: 6.1 mi
- Hunt Hills: 6.9 mi
- Baker Hill: 7.2 mi
- Photo City Improv: 4.0 mi
- Royal Dynasty: 4.9 mi
- RBTL West Herr Auditorium Theatre: 4.9 mi
- West Herr Performing Arts Center: 5.0 mi
- Water Wheel: 5.0 mi
- Stone Tolan House: 2.3 mi
- Rochester Medical Museum and Archives: 3.5 mi
- Fairport Historical Museum: 3.6 mi
- George Eastman Museum: 4.3 mi
- Memorial Art Gallery: 4.8 mi
- Prayer Garden at Mary Magdalene Church: 1.4 mi
- Linear Garden: 3.5 mi
- Emmighausen Garden: 3.6 mi
- Wide Water Gardens: 4.0 mi
- Swillburg Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Postcard Falls: 1.1 mi
- Densmore Falls: 5.5 mi
- Upper Falls: 5.5 mi
- High Falls: 6.0 mi
- Middle Falls: 7.2 mi
- Windsor Beach: 10.4 mi
- Ontario Beach: 11.2 mi
- Kershaw Beach: 20.8 mi
- Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 20.9 mi
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse: 10.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 10.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Great Famine Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Mountain | SSE 165° | 358 m | 16.3 mi |
| Jakman Hill | SSW 200° | 357 m | 20.2 mi |
| Baptist Hill | SSE 167° | 356 m | 19.3 mi |
| Hopper Hills | S 173° | 335 m | 11.9 mi |
| Allens Hill | S 181° | 317 m | 19.3 mi |
| Woodchuck Hill | S 183° | 297 m | 15.9 mi |
| Taft Hill | S 179° | 287 m | 16.4 mi |
| Baker Hill | SE 141° | 282 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:10 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3122945403
Day trips start here
- Farmington · 13 mi
- Palmyra · 15 mi
- Williamson · 18 mi
- Canandaigua · 20 mi
- Newark · 22 mi
- Finger Lakes Apple Country · 27 mi
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