Triphammer Forge
Triphammer Forge is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is High Falls Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 3.1 miles off.
The Triphammer Building burned in 1977. As the rubble was being cleared, a long-forgotten basement room was uncovered that housed the buildings massive (25-foot) water wheel, constructed of wood and iron. Built: 1816 - William Cobb Scythe and Tool Factory
What the record says
- Built
- 1816
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Owen's Point · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Falls Terrace Park: 0.2 mi
- Old Bakersville Park: 0.2 mi
- Genesee Crossroads Park: 0.3 mi
- Brown Square Park: 0.4 mi
- Aqueduct Park: 0.4 mi
- Main Street Bridge: 0.4 mi
- Times Square Building: 0.5 mi
- Broad Street Bridge: 0.6 mi
- Rundel Memorial Library: 0.6 mi
- Harro East Ballroom: 0.6 mi
- ESL Ballpark Walk of Fame: 0.2 mi
- Morrie Silver: 0.3 mi
- Henry Lomb Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Rochester Veterans Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Liberty Pole: 0.6 mi
- Pinnacle Hill: 2.3 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 2.6 mi
- Craig Hill: 6.2 mi
- Paddy Hill: 6.7 mi
- Methodist Hill: 7.0 mi
- I Am Speaking: 0.3 mi
- Water Table: 0.6 mi
- River Currents: 0.6 mi
- Mill Wheel: 0.6 mi
- Signature Gateway: 0.6 mi
- High Falls Museum: 0.0 mi
- Rochester Auto Museum: 0.5 mi
- Susan B. Anthony House: 0.8 mi
- Rochester Contemporary Art Center: 0.8 mi
- National Museum of Play at The Strong: 0.9 mi
- Former St. John Fisher Golf Course: 6.5 mi
- Erie Canal Nature Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Wynd's Woods: 6.6 mi
- Robert C. Corby Arboretum and Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.7 mi
- Paul Road Nature Center: 6.9 mi
- Dorris Carlson Reading Garden: 0.6 mi
- Garden of Fragrance: 1.6 mi
- 490 Farms: 1.6 mi
- Good Luck Garden: 1.6 mi
- Maplewood Rose Garden: 1.6 mi
- High Falls: 0.1 mi
- Upper Falls: 0.7 mi
- Middle Falls: 1.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 1.4 mi
- Norton’s Falls: 2.1 mi
- Windsor Beach: 6.5 mi
- Ontario Beach: 6.9 mi
- Hamlin Beach: 22.3 mi
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse: 6.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Triphammer Forge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Mountain | SSE 153° | 358 m | 21.1 mi |
| Jakman Hill | S 184° | 357 m | 22.2 mi |
| Baptist Hill | SSE 156° | 356 m | 23.9 mi |
| Hopper Hills | SSE 156° | 335 m | 16.3 mi |
| Allens Hill | SSE 168° | 317 m | 22.9 mi |
| Taft Hill | SSE 164° | 287 m | 20.3 mi |
| Baker Hill | SE 132° | 282 m | 13.0 mi |
| College Hill | S 180° | 267 m | 17.4 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 way/138284359
Day trips start here
- Farmington · 19 mi
- Palmyra · 20 mi
- Williamson · 22 mi
- Canandaigua · 25 mi
- Newark · 27 mi
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