Buffalo Main Light
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Buffalo Main Light is a lighthouse in New York, at a modelled elevation of 176 m. South Hill stands 540 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is The 1833 Buffalo Lighthouse, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 0.6 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Buffalo (Main) Light is a lighthouse at the mouth of Buffalo River/Erie Canal, directly across from the Erie Basin Marina in Buffalo, New York.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1833.
Wikidata Q4985783, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1833
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 9.3 mi off the Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Duck Blind · 1 mi
- Buffalo City Hall Observation Deck · 1 mi
- Bridge overlook · 2 mi
- North Viewing Blind · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The 1833 Buffalo Lighthouse: 0.0 mi
- Buffalo Water Intake, Horseshoe Reef Light: 0.0 mi
- Buffalo Lightship: 0.0 mi
- International Shipmasters' Association: 0.1 mi
- Penobscot-Morania Collision: 0.1 mi
- Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park: 0.4 mi
- Erie Hills Pedestrian Mall: 0.6 mi
- Bingham Triangle: 0.6 mi
- Wilkeson Pointe: 0.6 mi
- Maritime Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Shark Girl: 0.6 mi
- Vroom, Shhh: 0.7 mi
- Millard Fillmore: 0.8 mi
- General Kazimier Pulaski: 0.8 mi
- Grover Cleveland: 0.8 mi
- USS Croaker: 0.4 mi
- USS Grenadier (SS210): 0.4 mi
- USS Little Rock: 0.4 mi
- USS The Sullivans: 0.5 mi
- PTF-17: 0.5 mi
- Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park Museum: 0.5 mi
- Erie Canal Packet Boat Exhibit: 0.5 mi
- Explore & More Children's Museum: 0.6 mi
- Buffalo Harbor Museum: 0.7 mi
- Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum: 1.0 mi
- Times Beach Nature Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Tifft Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Strawberry Island: 5.6 mi
- Motor Island Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
- Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve: 7.5 mi
- Trial Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Broadway Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Inspiration Garden: 2.2 mi
- Urban Roots: 2.4 mi
- Lillion Batchelor Contemplative Garden: 2.7 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 12.2 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 13.7 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 14.6 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 15.1 mi
- old gravel pit: 15.3 mi
- Glen Falls: 9.5 mi
- Mattulke Falls: 11.4 mi
- Eternal Flame Falls: 14.0 mi
- Cromer's Mill: 16.5 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 16.7 mi
- Emerald Beach: 0.4 mi
- Gallagher Beach: 2.9 mi
- Beaver Island Beach: 6.4 mi
- Wendt Beach: 16.2 mi
- Bennett Beach: 17.4 mi
- Buffalo North breakwater East end Light: 0.0 mi
- Lighthouse Point Park: 0.0 mi
- Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light: 3.2 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 3.3 mi
- Amanda's Place Pavilion: 6.0 mi
- Pavilion #2: 10.1 mi
- Eco Island: 11.0 mi
- Locust Grove Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Eden Text Stop: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buffalo Main Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Hill | SSE 150° | 540 m | 22.9 mi |
| Townsend Hill | SSE 158° | 533 m | 23.1 mi |
| East Hill | SSE 149° | 509 m | 18.0 mi |
| Vermont Hill | SE 129° | 488 m | 23.6 mi |
| East Boston Hill | SSE 150° | 486 m | 17.4 mi |
| Blanchard Hill | SE 145° | 481 m | 20.1 mi |
| Rice Hill | SSE 160° | 466 m | 18.5 mi |
| East Hill | ENE 65° | 239 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:51 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:15 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:59 | 16:45 |
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 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffalo, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 84002383OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Buffalo Main LIght, reference 84002383, listed 07/19/84.
OpenStreetMap element way/240817679
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