Triangle 1 Monument
Triangle 1 Monument is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 564 m. Bailey Hill stands 787 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Meservey Hill, a peak 2.5 miles away.
Commemorates First Oil Well in Allegany County
What the record says
- Material
- rock
- Inscription
- Discovery Oil Well in Allegany Oil Field O.P. Taylor's Triangle No. 1, June 12, 1879 1880 ft S 76 deg 40 min W of this boulder
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Meservey Hill: 2.5 mi
- Alma Hill: 2.8 mi
- White Hill: 4.0 mi
- Rauber Hill: 5.2 mi
- Hanover Hill: 5.6 mi
- River Walk: 3.9 mi
- Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
- Island Park: 4.2 mi
- Lagoon Fields: 4.3 mi
- Colligan Park: 4.5 mi
- erie depot: 4.3 mi
- First Wildcat Oil Well: 6.0 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 9.3 mi
- King Alfred: 16.4 mi
- Seneca Oil Spring Memorial: 17.7 mi
- Plumbottom State Forest: 9.8 mi
- State Game Lands Number 204: 15.1 mi
- Bald Mountain State Forest: 15.9 mi
- Greenwood State Forest: 18.3 mi
- Crab Hollow State Forest: 18.8 mi
- Mather Homestead Museum: 4.1 mi
- Pioneer Oil Museum: 7.9 mi
- Terra Cotta: 16.5 mi
- Alfred Ceramic Art Museum: 16.5 mi
- Eldred World War II Museum: 20.9 mi
- FIAT LUX!: 16.4 mi
- Blessed Mother Mary Statue: 23.9 mi
- Father Joseph Butler: 23.9 mi
- The Sorrowful Mother: 23.9 mi
- Francis and Clare: 23.9 mi
- Fassett Greenspace: 4.3 mi
- Environmental Studies Garden: 16.2 mi
- Rock Garden: 16.3 mi
- hidden waterfall: 19.4 mi
- Coudersport Ice Mine: 23.4 mi
- rainbow paradise fishing park: 23.6 mi
- Allegheny River Headwaters: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Triangle 1 Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Hill | SE 133° | 787 m | 21.3 mi |
| White Knoll | SE 126° | 782 m | 20.4 mi |
| Cobb Hill | SSE 154° | 780 m | 16.4 mi |
| Alma Hill | S 173° | 777 m | 2.8 mi |
| Carmer Hill | S 169° | 770 m | 13.6 mi |
| Triple Divide | SSE 151° | 769 m | 19.2 mi |
| White Hill | SW 219° | 765 m | 4.0 mi |
| Sweden Hill | SSE 163° | 757 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:47 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:10 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 15:59 | 16:44 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 33 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wellsville Muni AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4424610828
Day trips start here
- Olean · 21 mi
- Port Allegany · 23 mi
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