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Seneca Meadows Education Center

Seneca Meadows Education Center from directly overhead

Seneca Meadows Education Center is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 148 m. Oak Hill stands 409 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dempsey Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 3.8 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Seneca Meadows Inc.

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.93051, -76.83866

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dempsey Park: 2.1 mi
  • Kid's Territory Park: 2.1 mi
  • Luce's Park: 2.2 mi
  • Lafayette Park: 2.3 mi
  • Seneca Falls Community Park: 2.3 mi
Peaks: 47
Historic sites: 29
  • American Civil War Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument: 2.7 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Richmond Aqeuduct: 8.0 mi
  • Richmond Aqeuduct: 8.2 mi
  • Cayuga - Seneca Canal: 8.2 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Site of the Whitmer Red Schoolhouse: 3.9 mi
  • Finger Lakes Welcome Center: 8.2 mi
  • Cayuga Lake (Thomas B. Marsh): 8.7 mi
  • Harriet Tubman Gravesite: 13.6 mi
  • Birth place of Zebedee Coltrin: 17.6 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 16
Artworks: 13
  • Tom Caughlin Mural: 2.2 mi
  • Early History of Waterloo Mural: 2.3 mi
  • Oak Island Rock Sculpture: 2.5 mi
  • Herons: 5.6 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 5.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Hosmer Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Oak Tree Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Wolcott Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Silver Thread Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Guppy Falls: 22.6 mi
Beaches: 4
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Klippel Spring: 15.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Seneca Meadows Education Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak HillESE 120°409 m24.3 mi
Miller HillSE 138°368 m21.7 mi
Bennett HillSE 138°367 m20.5 mi
Harkness HillWSW 241°356 m23.3 mi
Lazarus HillWSW 238°323 m22.3 mi
Locust HillSW 230°309 m16.3 mi
Cottle HillE 81°301 m19.1 mi
Lincoln HillWSW 255°285 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4219:20
June solstice05:2920:0720:50
September equinox06:5518:2919:07
December solstice07:3615:5016:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232532445766706861503929
Precip in1.81.62.42.83.33.63.73.53.33.82.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Geneva Rsch Farm, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/827213026

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