1890 House
1890 House is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 345 m. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the south-southeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Courthouse Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Scenic Route 90 passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
museum in Cortland, NY
Dates from 1890.
Wikidata Q56045803, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 16.8 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 20.0 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 19 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Courthouse Park: 0.4 mi
- Beaudry Park: 0.6 mi
- Municipal Water Works Nature Park: 0.7 mi
- Sugget Park: 0.7 mi
- Grange Museum: 0.9 mi
- Carr Hill: 2.3 mi
- Cosmos Hill: 2.7 mi
- East Hill: 3.7 mi
- Hicks Hill: 4.0 mi
- Corl Hill: 5.4 mi
- Lime Hollow Nature Center: 4.3 mi
- O.D. von Engeln Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Donahue Woods State Forest: 9.1 mi
- Grout Brook Fishing Access: 9.6 mi
- Genung Nature Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Spicer Falls: 14.7 mi
- Tinker Falls: 15.0 mi
- Fellows Falls: 15.2 mi
- Bucktail Falls: 15.9 mi
- Chippewa Falls: 16.8 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 6.2 mi
- Millard Fillmore's Cabin: 13.8 mi
- Old Dam: 14.1 mi
- Incodema: 18.1 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 20.3 mi
- Freeville Community Garden: 10.3 mi
- Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 10.6 mi
- Leonard Property: 13.8 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 15.9 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 15.9 mi
- New York State Grange Museum: 0.9 mi
- Field School House: 16.8 mi
- Sciencenter: 19.3 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 19.3 mi
- Cayuga Nature Center: 19.8 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 0.4 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 13.6 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 16.8 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 18.3 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 18.4 mi
- Preble: 8.5 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 22.2 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 22.5 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 11.2 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 19.6 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 21.3 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of 1890 House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | SSE 163° | 643 m | 7.4 mi |
| Greek Peak | SSE 167° | 637 m | 7.1 mi |
| South Hill | SSE 167° | 635 m | 6.7 mi |
| Morgan Hill | NE 36° | 618 m | 16.2 mi |
| Randall Hill | ENE 66° | 617 m | 15.4 mi |
| Tuller Hill | SSE 149° | 616 m | 5.5 mi |
| Truxton Hill | NNE 26° | 616 m | 12.4 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | SSW 207° | 612 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:49 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 22 | 30 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Freeville 1 NE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/4218830795
Day trips start here
- Cortland · 0 mi
- Ithaca · 19 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 24 mi
- Trumansburg · 25 mi
- Skaneateles · 27 mi
- Cazenovia · 28 mi
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