Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse
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Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse is a lighthouse in New York, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Hopper Hills stands 335 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Keeper's House, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Charlotte–Genesee Lighthouse is an 1822 stone octagonal lighthouse in the Charlotte neighborhood in northern Rochester, New York, United States. The 40 ft (12 m) tower is located on Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Genesee River. It originally had 10 whale oil Argand lamps, which were replaced with a Fresnel lens in 1853. On February 28, 1881, the lighthouse was turned off. After nearby piers changed the mouth of the river, it was far from the water. The light was then moved to a pier in 1884. In 1965, Charlotte High School students started a letter writing campaign to save the lighthouse from impending destruction. It was declared surplus in 1981 by the government. It is now owned by Monroe County and managed as a museum by the Charlotte Genesee Lightouse Historical Society, a nonprofit volunteer organization. It is part of the Seaway Trail, a National Scenic Byway. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is also a City of Rochester Landmark. It is open to the public. As of 2014, the lighthouse is active, and listed in the United States Coast Guard Light List as light number 2333.
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Dates from 1822.
Wikidata Q5086268, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1822
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Coast Guard
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Owen's Point · 3 mi
- Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 1822 Lighthouse: 0.0 mi
- Battle of the Bulge World War II Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Section 24 (North): 2.5 mi
- Section 23 (North): 2.5 mi
- Section 30 (North): 2.5 mi
- Charlotte Village Green: 0.3 mi
- Ontario Beach Park: 0.5 mi
- Spezio Park: 0.6 mi
- Bateau Play Area: 0.8 mi
- Adeline Park: 1.3 mi
- Port of Rochester Marina Sign: 0.3 mi
- Ontario Beach Park Sign: 0.4 mi
- Ontario Beach Park Sign: 0.4 mi
- Ontario Beach Park Sign: 0.4 mi
- Ontario Beach Park Sign: 0.4 mi
- Historic Dentzel Carousel: 0.4 mi
- Giraffe: 3.0 mi
- African Elephant: 3.0 mi
- Olive Baboon: 3.0 mi
- Lion: 3.1 mi
- Paddy Hill: 2.4 mi
- Craig Hill: 6.2 mi
- Frisbee Hill: 6.7 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 8.0 mi
- Pinnacle Hill: 8.2 mi
- Greece Historical Society: 4.4 mi
- High Falls Museum: 6.3 mi
- Rochester Auto Museum: 6.6 mi
- Memorial Art Gallery: 6.7 mi
- Rochester Contemporary Art Center: 6.7 mi
- Gosnell Big Woods Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Herman Road Forever Wild Forest: 6.6 mi
- Braddock Bay Wildlife Management Area: 6.8 mi
- Whiting Road Nature Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Salmon Creek Nature Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Maplewood Rose Garden: 5.0 mi
- Good Luck Garden: 6.7 mi
- Dorris Carlson Reading Garden: 6.8 mi
- Garden of Fragrance: 7.1 mi
- Emmighausen Garden: 7.1 mi
- Turning Point Falls: 1.6 mi
- Norton’s Falls: 4.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 5.1 mi
- Densmore Falls: 5.3 mi
- Middle Falls: 5.3 mi
- Ontario Beach: 0.6 mi
- Windsor Beach: 0.7 mi
- Hamlin Beach: 19.2 mi
- Keeper's House: 0.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopper Hills | SSE 163° | 335 m | 22.2 mi |
| Baker Hill | SSE 148° | 282 m | 17.8 mi |
| College Hill | S 181° | 267 m | 23.8 mi |
| Turk Hill | SSE 147° | 264 m | 16.7 mi |
| Fort Hill | SSE 156° | 256 m | 21.8 mi |
| Collings Hill | SSW 206° | 233 m | 20.6 mi |
| Pinnacle Hill | SW 228° | 233 m | 21.8 mi |
| Ryder Hill | SSW 196° | 231 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:11 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 15:52 | 16:38 |
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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 74001259OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Genesee Lighthouse, reference 74001259, listed 08/13/74.
OpenStreetMap element way/543434158
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- Williamson · 21 mi
- Palmyra · 23 mi
- Farmington · 24 mi
- Newark · 30 mi
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