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Incinerator Ruins

Incinerator Ruins from directly overhead

Incinerator Ruins is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 339 m. Tug Hill stands 654 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Emery County Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1935
Height
6 m
Inscription
WPA
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.71289, -78.59946

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Emery County Park: 0.2 mi
  • Emery Park: 0.2 mi
  • Majors Park: 2.7 mi
  • Hunters Creek County Park: 3.1 mi
  • Aurora Pool Park: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions: 57
  • Fisher Price Toy Store: 4.2 mi
  • Hamburg Fairgrounds: 11.0 mi
  • Historical Building: 11.2 mi
  • Firemens Building: 11.3 mi
  • Arcade and Attica Railroad Depot: 15.3 mi
Peaks: 39
Museums: 35
  • Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum and ScheideMantel House: 3.8 mi
  • Roycroft Campus: 3.9 mi
  • Millard Fillmore House: 4.0 mi
  • Toy Town Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Orchard Park Historical Society: 8.2 mi
Nature reserves: 17
Gardens: 13
Cliffs: 10
  • Mossy Point: 4.1 mi
  • old gravel pit: 17.3 mi
  • Onondaga Escarpment: 18.6 mi
  • Onondaga Escarpment: 18.8 mi
  • Onondaga Escarpment: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Beaches: 7
  • Gallagher Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Zoar Valley Beach: 18.3 mi
  • Emerald Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Wendt Beach: 23.2 mi
  • Bennett Beach: 23.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Hammock Haven: 11.3 mi
  • Amanda's Place Pavilion: 13.0 mi
  • Pavilion #2: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tug HillS 170°654 m24.3 mi
Canada HillS 179°647 m24.9 mi
Pigeon HillSSE 156°624 m22.2 mi
Blue HillSSE 167°614 m15.0 mi
Bailey HillSSW 193°612 m25.0 mi
Parker HillSSW 196°605 m21.5 mi
Burns HillS 179°604 m20.1 mi
Bread Loaf HillS 179°593 m16.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:4919:27
June solstice05:3720:1420:57
September equinox07:0218:3619:14
December solstice07:4215:5816:44

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232432445665686761503930
Precip in3.62.63.23.63.54.23.93.53.94.24.13.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wales, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1222252369

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