Field School House
Field School House is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 265 m. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 265 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lansing Historical Association
How to reach it
- On the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 7.8 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 5 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bean Hill: 1.8 mi
- Lobdell Hill: 4.2 mi
- Comstock Knoll: 6.2 mi
- Turkey Hill: 7.4 mi
- Hungerford Hill: 8.0 mi
- Myers Park: 2.2 mi
- Ned Hickey Park: 3.4 mi
- Marian Hartill Park: 3.9 mi
- East Shore Park: 4.5 mi
- Tareyton Park: 4.8 mi
- Sims-Jennings Preserve at Cayuga Cliffs: 3.6 mi
- Taughannock Falls State Park: 5.9 mi
- Cascadilla Gorge: 6.6 mi
- Reynolds Game Farm: 7.2 mi
- Genung Nature Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Emilie Jonas Falls: 1.0 mi
- Pocket Falls: 1.1 mi
- Ludlowville Falls: 2.1 mi
- Taughannock Falls: 5.5 mi
- Ithaca Falls: 5.9 mi
- Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 4.9 mi
- Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 5.1 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 5.2 mi
- Rt 96 Self Storage: 5.3 mi
- Tree Service: 7.0 mi
- Cayuga Nature Center: 3.0 mi
- Museum of the Earth: 5.2 mi
- Sciencenter: 6.1 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 6.7 mi
- Ulysses Historical Society: 7.9 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 4.8 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 4.8 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 4.8 mi
- Deans Garden: 6.2 mi
- Student Centennial Garden: 6.2 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 0.1 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 2.1 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 6.2 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 6.2 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 16.6 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 8.8 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 17.5 mi
- Castle Point: 21.2 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 22.3 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 9.0 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 18.9 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 6.7 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 15.7 mi
- Preble: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Field School House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | E 99° | 643 m | 18.8 mi |
| Connecticut Hill | SW 219° | 638 m | 13.4 mi |
| Greek Peak | E 99° | 637 m | 18.2 mi |
| South Hill | E 98° | 635 m | 18.0 mi |
| Tuller Hill | E 92° | 616 m | 19.2 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | ESE 120° | 612 m | 12.7 mi |
| Irish Hill | SSW 203° | 599 m | 19.9 mi |
| Hammond Hill | ESE 124° | 598 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:51 | 16:36 |
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 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ithaca Cornell Univ, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/357652574
Day trips start here
- Ithaca · 7 mi
- Trumansburg · 8 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 10 mi
- Cortland · 17 mi
- Watkins Glen · 22 mi
- Auburn · 28 mi
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