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Historic Marker for Timbuctoo

Historic Marker for Timbuctoo from directly overhead

Historic Marker for Timbuctoo is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 550 m. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the north-northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Henry's Woods, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 0.4 miles off. 236 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built
2021
Inscription
Timbuctoo | Lyman Eppes & other black | New Yorkers settled nearby | to join 1846 voting rights | "scheme of justice" Est. by | abolitionist Gerrit Smith | William C. Pomeroy Foundation 2021
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Coordinates44.26544, -73.98163

Overlooks nearby

Around it

236 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 54
Cliffs: 54
  • Pulpit Rock: 3.2 mi
  • Weeping Winds: 5.2 mi
  • Moss Cliff: 5.8 mi
  • The Courthouse: 9.2 mi
  • Wallface: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Monument Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Wanika Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Rocky Falls: 6.5 mi
  • MacIntyre Falls: 7.3 mi
Parks: 30
  • Mid's Park: 1.7 mi
  • Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 1.8 mi
  • Brewster Park: 1.8 mi
  • Baldwin Park: 7.7 mi
  • Prescott Park: 8.1 mi
Historic sites: 17
Attractions: 17
Nature reserves: 14
  • Henry's Woods: 0.3 mi
  • Heaven Hill Trails: 1.6 mi
  • Bartlett Primitive Area: 9.1 mi
  • Johns Brook Primitive Area: 9.6 mi
  • Four Peaks Tract: 12.4 mi
Museums: 9
Gardens: 4
  • Common Ground Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Peace Garden: 17.8 mi
  • Goolds Garden: 17.8 mi
  • Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 24.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 1.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Big Wooden Bear (8'): 8.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Footbridge Park: 19.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • High Peaks Welcome Center: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Historic Marker for Timbuctoo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whiteface MountainNNE1,466 m7.9 mi
Wright PeakS1,389 m7.9 mi
Big Slide MountainSE1,280 m7.9 mi
Nye MountainSSW1,271 m5.8 mi
Phelps MountainSSE1,268 m8.1 mi
Street MountainSSW1,265 m6.4 mi
Cascade MountainESE1,249 m6.8 mi
Porter MountainESE1,240 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3019:08
June solstice05:1320:0020:44
September equinox06:4418:1718:55
December solstice07:2915:3316:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151826395160646356443221
Precip in3.12.32.93.43.94.84.44.03.94.23.43.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12592519754

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