Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Rochester Contemporary Art Center is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 161 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 2.6 miles off.
The story
art museum in East AveRochester, New York
Dates from 1977.
Wikidata Q7353972, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Owen's Point · 6 mi
- Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Midtown Parcel 5: 0.2 mi
- Midtown Commons: 0.2 mi
- Washington Square Park: 0.3 mi
- Cornerstone Park: 0.3 mi
- ROC City Wheat: 0.2 mi
- I ❤️ ROC: 0.2 mi
- Signature Gateway: 0.4 mi
- Mill Wheel: 0.4 mi
- River Currents: 0.4 mi
- Liberty Pole: 0.2 mi
- Civil War monument: 0.3 mi
- Franklin D. Roosevelt memorial: 0.3 mi
- Rochester Veterans Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Monument to the Founders of Spiritualism: 0.7 mi
- Harro East Ballroom: 0.3 mi
- Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County: 0.4 mi
- Rundel Memorial Library: 0.4 mi
- Broad Street Bridge: 0.4 mi
- Main Street Bridge: 0.5 mi
- Pinnacle Hill: 1.6 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 1.8 mi
- Methodist Hill: 6.9 mi
- Craig Hill: 7.0 mi
- Paddy Hill: 7.3 mi
- National Museum of Play at The Strong: 0.3 mi
- Rochester Auto Museum: 0.4 mi
- Memorial Art Gallery: 0.6 mi
- High Falls Museum: 0.9 mi
- George Eastman Museum: 1.1 mi
- Dorris Carlson Reading Garden: 0.3 mi
- Garden of Fragrance: 0.7 mi
- Good Luck Garden: 0.8 mi
- 490 Farms: 1.0 mi
- Swillburg Comm. Garden: 1.2 mi
- Upper Falls: 0.5 mi
- High Falls: 0.7 mi
- Middle Falls: 2.0 mi
- Lower Falls: 2.1 mi
- Norton’s Falls: 2.6 mi
- Windsor Beach: 6.7 mi
- Ontario Beach: 7.3 mi
- Hamlin Beach: 23.1 mi
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse: 6.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 6.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Rochester Contemporary Art Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Mountain | SSE 155° | 358 m | 20.5 mi |
| Jakman Hill | S 186° | 357 m | 22.0 mi |
| Baptist Hill | SSE 158° | 356 m | 23.4 mi |
| Hopper Hills | SSE 158° | 335 m | 15.8 mi |
| Allens Hill | S 170° | 317 m | 22.5 mi |
| Woodchuck Hill | S 169° | 297 m | 19.1 mi |
| Taft Hill | SSE 166° | 287 m | 19.8 mi |
| Baker Hill | SE 133° | 282 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:11 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 15:52 | 16:39 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/220617060
Day trips start here
- Farmington · 19 mi
- Palmyra · 20 mi
- Williamson · 21 mi
- Canandaigua · 25 mi
- Newark · 27 mi
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