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The Tower

The Tower from directly overhead

The Tower is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Reservoir Hill stands 184 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Dumbrille's Store, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 1.4 miles off. 169 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
10 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.63466, -75.61324

169 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 59
  • Dumbrille's Store: 0.1 mi
  • The Founding of Maitland: 0.1 mi
  • Lieut.-Col. Thain Wendell MacDowell: 0.1 mi
  • Dorothy Martha Dumbrille: 0.1 mi
  • Douglas Rupert Dumbrille: 0.1 mi
Parks: 47
  • Fulford Park: 3.8 mi
  • Centeen Park: 4.3 mi
  • Amargh Price Park: 4.6 mi
  • Blockhouse Island: 4.7 mi
  • Hardy Park: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves: 20
Museums: 11
Peaks: 9
Attractions: 8
Cliffs: 5
  • Heathers Point: 6.4 mi
  • Fulford Point: 9.2 mi
  • Hudson's Point: 9.8 mi
  • Point Iroquois: 19.9 mi
  • Rapide Plat Point: 24.7 mi
Artworks: 4
Beaches: 4
Gardens: 1
  • Permaculture Garden: 22.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reservoir HillSSE 160°184 m22.8 mi
Battle HillSSE 153°183 m23.1 mi
Hand HillSSE 154°182 m22.9 mi
Huckleberry MountainSSE 149°163 m13.6 mi
Pulpit RockS 182°150 m24.5 mi
Hailes HopyardSSE 159°142 m23.7 mi
Mount LonaESE 105°137 m11.7 mi
Bean HillSSW 201°130 m21.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3619:15
June solstice05:1820:0720:52
September equinox06:5018:2319:02
December solstice07:3715:3716:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171929435666716961493725
Precip in2.81.82.63.03.14.13.93.64.03.93.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ogdensburg 4 NE, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/368708240

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