Morrie Silver
Morrie Silver is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 154 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is ESL Ballpark Walk of Fame, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 3.4 miles off.
Statue commemorating Morrie Silver, the man who saved baseball in Rochester.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- The man who saved baseball for Rochester in 1957. Spearheading a stock drive, he and 8,221 others bought shares in the team in order to purchase the franchise from the St. Louis Cardinals...
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Owen's Point · 6 mi
- Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- ESL Ballpark Walk of Fame: 0.1 mi
- Triphammer Forge: 0.3 mi
- Rochester Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Monument to the Founders of Spiritualism: 0.6 mi
- Henry Lomb Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Brown Square Park: 0.2 mi
- Verona Playground: 0.3 mi
- Anthony Square: 0.4 mi
- Grape/Wilder Park: 0.4 mi
- Genesee Crossroads Park: 0.5 mi
- I Am Speaking: 0.4 mi
- Water Table: 0.7 mi
- River Currents: 0.7 mi
- Mill Wheel: 0.7 mi
- Signature Gateway: 0.7 mi
- Times Square Building: 0.5 mi
- Main Street Bridge: 0.6 mi
- Broad Street Bridge: 0.7 mi
- Rundel Memorial Library: 0.7 mi
- Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County: 0.7 mi
- Pinnacle Hill: 2.4 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 2.7 mi
- Craig Hill: 6.1 mi
- Methodist Hill: 6.8 mi
- Paddy Hill: 6.8 mi
- High Falls Museum: 0.3 mi
- Susan B. Anthony House: 0.5 mi
- Rochester Auto Museum: 0.6 mi
- Rochester Contemporary Art Center: 1.0 mi
- National Museum of Play at The Strong: 1.1 mi
- Paul Road Nature Center: 6.6 mi
- Former St. John Fisher Golf Course: 6.6 mi
- Erie Canal Nature Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Brookedale Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Wynd's Woods: 6.7 mi
- Dorris Carlson Reading Garden: 0.8 mi
- 490 Farms: 1.6 mi
- Maplewood Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
- Peace Maker Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Garden of Fragrance: 1.7 mi
- High Falls: 0.4 mi
- Upper Falls: 0.7 mi
- Middle Falls: 1.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 1.5 mi
- Norton’s Falls: 2.2 mi
- Windsor Beach: 6.7 mi
- Ontario Beach: 7.1 mi
- Hamlin Beach: 22.2 mi
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse: 6.6 mi
- Keeper's House: 6.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Morrie Silver. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Mountain | SSE 152° | 358 m | 21.1 mi |
| Jakman Hill | S 183° | 357 m | 22.0 mi |
| Baptist Hill | SSE 156° | 356 m | 23.9 mi |
| Hopper Hills | SSE 155° | 335 m | 16.3 mi |
| Allens Hill | SSE 167° | 317 m | 22.8 mi |
| Woodchuck Hill | SSE 166° | 297 m | 19.4 mi |
| Taft Hill | SSE 163° | 287 m | 20.2 mi |
| Baker Hill | SE 130° | 282 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:11 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6440055685
Day trips start here
- Farmington · 19 mi
- Palmyra · 21 mi
- Williamson · 22 mi
- Canandaigua · 25 mi
- Newark · 28 mi
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