Fog Signal Building
Fog Signal Building is a lighthouse in New York, at a modelled elevation of 174 m. South Hill stands 540 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 0.6 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Lighthouse in New York, United States.
Dates from 1903.
Wikidata Q4985746, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1903
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 6.7 mi off the Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Top of Mound · 1 mi
- South Viewing Blind · 1 mi
- Observation Mound · 1 mi
- North Viewing Blind · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ship Canal Commons: 0.9 mi
- Buffalo Harbor State Park: 0.9 mi
- George J Hartman Playfields: 1.1 mi
- Jeffery A Taggart Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
- South Park: 1.9 mi
- Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Gateway: 0.9 mi
- Red Jacket Peninsula: 2.2 mi
- Former site of Great Northern Elevator: 2.3 mi
- In Loving Memory of Sara Rogers (1993-2022): 2.8 mi
- The French Connection: 2.9 mi
- Start Over Again: 1.9 mi
- Shark Girl: 3.1 mi
- Vroom, Shhh: 3.3 mi
- General Kazimier Pulaski: 3.4 mi
- Nikola Tesla: 3.5 mi
- Lucy Smith & Colesville: 1.1 mi
- Buffal "O": 2.5 mi
- Edward M. Cotter: 2.7 mi
- Spirit of Buffalo: 3.1 mi
- USS The Sullivans: 3.1 mi
- Heritage DiscoveRy Center: 2.5 mi
- Steel Plant Museum of Western New York: 2.5 mi
- Erie Canal Packet Boat Exhibit: 3.1 mi
- Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park Museum: 3.1 mi
- Explore & More Children's Museum: 3.1 mi
- Tifft Nature Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Times Beach Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve: 4.3 mi
- Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve And Environmental Education Center: 8.3 mi
- Anna Mae Bacon Bird Sanctuary: 8.5 mi
- Trial Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Broadway Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Inspiration Garden: 4.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 5.2 mi
- Urban Roots: 5.5 mi
- Mattulke Falls: 8.3 mi
- Eternal Flame Falls: 10.8 mi
- Glen Falls: 11.0 mi
- Cromer's Mill: 13.3 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 19.8 mi
- Gallagher Beach: 0.7 mi
- Emerald Beach: 3.7 mi
- Beaver Island Beach: 9.7 mi
- Wendt Beach: 14.4 mi
- Bennett Beach: 15.5 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 13.4 mi
- old gravel pit: 15.8 mi
- Mossy Point: 17.0 mi
- Niagara Glen: 22.6 mi
- Devil's Hole Gulch: 22.6 mi
- Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light: 0.0 mi
- Lighthouse Point Park: 3.2 mi
- Buffalo North breakwater East end Light: 3.3 mi
- Buffalo Main Light: 3.3 mi
- Amanda's Place Pavilion: 4.5 mi
- Eco Island: 14.2 mi
- Locust Grove Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Eden Text Stop: 10.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fog Signal Building. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Hill | SSE 148° | 540 m | 19.7 mi |
| Townsend Hill | SSE 158° | 533 m | 19.9 mi |
| East Hill | SSE 147° | 509 m | 14.8 mi |
| Crow Hill | ESE 120° | 500 m | 22.6 mi |
| Vermont Hill | SE 124° | 488 m | 20.8 mi |
| East Boston Hill | SSE 147° | 486 m | 14.2 mi |
| Blanchard Hill | SE 142° | 481 m | 17.0 mi |
| Rice Hill | SSE 160° | 466 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:50 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:15 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 07001191OpenStreetMapOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light, reference 07001191, listed 11/16/07.
OpenStreetMap element way/1359823055
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