Thirty Mile Point Light
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Thirty Mile Point Light is a lighthouse in New York, at a modelled elevation of 76 m. Nichols Hill stands 225 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Golden Hill State Park, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 1.9 miles off. 108 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
The story
Thirty Mile Point Light is a lighthouse on the south shore of Lake Ontario in Niagara County, New York. It is part of Golden Hill State Park, a New York state park. The lighthouse is open to the public. It gets its name because it is the point 30 miles east of the Niagara River. The lighthouse was built in 1875 of hand-carved stone. The old tower is being restored. The lighthouse is listed in the Historic American Buildings Survey as NY-6154. There are three photos available in the survey. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Thirty Mile Point Light was one of five lighthouses chosen for the "Lighthouses of the Great Lakes" postage stamp series designed by Howard Koslow in 1995. There was one lighthouse chosen on each of the Great Lakes. The four other lighthouses were Split Rock Light on Lake Superior, St Joseph Light on Lake Michigan, Spectacle Reef Light on Lake Huron, and Marblehead Light on Lake Erie.
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Dates from 1876.
Wikidata Q7785223, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Harbor overlook · 12 mi
108 named places within 25 miles
- Barker Bi-Centennial Park: 3.5 mi
- Hartland Town Park: 9.3 mi
- Greenwood Lake Town Park: 10.6 mi
- Gulf Street Park: 11.2 mi
- Krull Park: 11.4 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 11.6 mi
- John E Butts Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Belva Lockwood Homestead: 14.3 mi
- Orleans County Marine Park Dedication Plaque: 14.9 mi
- Lyle and Gail Johnson: 16.9 mi
- Babcock House Museum: 6.7 mi
- Medina Historical Society Museum: 11.7 mi
- Medina Railroad Museum: 11.8 mi
- First Universalist Church: 16.0 mi
- New York State Erie Canal Museum at Locks 34 & 35: 17.6 mi
- Niagara Escarpment: 12.2 mi
- Niagara Escarpment: 15.7 mi
- Brighton Cliff: 16.4 mi
- Indian Falls: 17.5 mi
- Niagara Escarpment: 22.8 mi
- Medina Falls: 11.7 mi
- Royalton Falls: 14.3 mi
- Indian Falls: 17.5 mi
- Indian Falls: 24.5 mi
- Akron Falls: 24.8 mi
- Van Horn Mansion: 12.3 mi
- Lockport Locks & Erie Canal Cruises: 17.1 mi
- Lockport Cave and Underground Boat Ride: 17.5 mi
- Flight of Five: 17.5 mi
- Golden Hill State Park: 0.5 mi
- Lytle Nature Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment Unique Area: 24.2 mi
- Pine Hill: 17.5 mi
- Nichols Hill: 20.8 mi
- Kenan Center Gardens: 18.0 mi
- Rock garden: 24.9 mi
- Bedford Beach: 12.1 mi
- Dolphin: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Thirty Mile Point Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nichols Hill | SSE 157° | 225 m | 20.8 mi |
| Pine Hill | SE 140° | 217 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:15 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:55 | 16:42 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lockport 4E, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2550137763
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