Historic Marker for Timbuctoo
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.
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
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 0.9 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 14.2 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 21.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Heaven Hill: 1.6 mi
- Cobble Hill: 2.1 mi
- Seymour Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Scotts Cobble: 2.9 mi
- Peacock Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 3.2 mi
- Weeping Winds: 5.2 mi
- Moss Cliff: 5.8 mi
- The Courthouse: 9.2 mi
- Wallface: 9.2 mi
- 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
- 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
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 1.0 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 1.1 mi
- Skyride: 1.1 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 1.1 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 4.3 mi
- 1980 Winter Olympic cauldron: 0.9 mi
- John Brown Memorial Statue: 1.0 mi
- World War Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 1.4 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 2.8 mi
- 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
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 1.3 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 1.3 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 8.4 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 8.5 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 17.0 mi
- 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
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 1.3 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 8.0 mi
- Tahawus: 15.2 mi
- Footbridge Park: 19.3 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Historic Marker for Timbuctoo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | NNE 29° | 1,466 m | 7.9 mi |
| Wright Peak | S 179° | 1,389 m | 7.9 mi |
| Big Slide Mountain | SE 136° | 1,280 m | 7.9 mi |
| Nye Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,271 m | 5.8 mi |
| Phelps Mountain | SSE 158° | 1,268 m | 8.1 mi |
| Street Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,265 m | 6.4 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,249 m | 6.8 mi |
| Porter Mountain | ESE 120° | 1,240 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:33 | 16:20 |
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 | 15 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12592519754
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 20 mi
- Westport · 28 mi
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