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Holly Manufacturing Company

Holly Manufacturing Company from directly overhead

Holly Manufacturing Company is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 165 m. East Hill stands 239 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Lockport Cave and Underground Boat Ride, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 11 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Stone walls which are the ruins of the Holly Manufacturing Company, owned by Birdsill Holly, who is responsible for inventing the Fire Hydrant at this location in 1869. The adjacent Lockport Cave is a 1,700 foot underground tunnel designed by Holly.

What the record says

Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates43.17211, -78.69215

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Scalzo Park: 0.2 mi
  • Upson Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ida Fritz Park: 0.4 mi
  • Josephine Carveth Packet Park: 0.4 mi
  • Union St. Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Statue of Welcoming Jesus: 9.4 mi
  • Tanglewood, 2006: 12.2 mi
  • Kanazawa Seal: 12.2 mi
  • Baird Point Columns: 12.5 mi
  • Grace N. Seitz McCombs: 12.7 mi
Museums: 44
Cliffs: 15
Gardens: 14
Waterfalls: 14
Nature reserves: 12
Peaks: 7
  • Sledding hill: 11.0 mi
  • West Hill: 14.0 mi
  • East Hill: 14.2 mi
  • Saratoga Hill (9m): 16.1 mi
  • Nichols Hill: 19.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pavilion #2: 13.0 mi
  • Locust Grove Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
  • Picnic Area #1: 19.0 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 19.2 mi
  • Eco Island: 19.8 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Bedford Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Beaver Island Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Emerald Beach: 22.3 mi
  • Gallagher Beach: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Holly Manufacturing Company. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East HillSSE 152°239 m14.2 mi
West HillSSE 161°228 m14.0 mi
Nichols HillESE 106°225 m19.1 mi
Pine HillE 88°217 m21.6 mi
Saratoga Hill (9m)SSW 198°180 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5019:27
June solstice05:3620:1520:59
September equinox07:0318:3719:14
December solstice07:4415:5716:43

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465968727064524131
Precip in2.92.32.63.43.13.43.83.23.53.73.02.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lockport 4E, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/856164468

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