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Seneca Museum of Waterways and Industry

Seneca Museum of Waterways and Industry from directly overhead

Seneca Museum of Waterways and Industry is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 133 m. Butcher Hill stands 482 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Elizabeth Cady Stanton Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Boater amenities and overnight docking hookups available.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.91012, -76.79776

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton Park: 0.1 mi
  • The People's Park: 0.1 mi
  • Suffrage Park: 0.2 mi
  • Seneca Falls Community Park: 0.2 mi
  • Academy Square Park: 0.2 mi
Peaks: 47
Historic sites: 28
  • The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument: 0.2 mi
  • American Civil War Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Richmond Aqeuduct: 7.9 mi
  • Richmond Aqeuduct: 8.0 mi
  • Paper Mill: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Site of the Whitmer Red Schoolhouse: 4.1 mi
  • Cayuga Lake (Thomas B. Marsh): 6.3 mi
  • Finger Lakes Welcome Center: 9.5 mi
  • Harriet Tubman Gravesite: 11.5 mi
  • Birth place of Zebedee Coltrin: 16.2 mi
Gardens: 16
Artworks: 13
  • Tom Caughlin Mural: 3.4 mi
  • Early History of Waterloo Mural: 3.4 mi
  • Oak Island Rock Sculpture: 3.6 mi
  • Herons: 4.9 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Hosmer Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Oak Tree Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Guppy Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Silver Thread Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Wolcott Falls: 21.5 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Glenwood Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 23.7 mi
  • Kershaw Beach: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Klippel Spring: 17.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Seneca Museum of Waterways and Industry. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Butcher HillS 179°482 m24.1 mi
Jewett HillSE 129°440 m23.1 mi
Oak HillESE 119°409 m21.8 mi
Miller HillSE 140°368 m19.2 mi
Bennett HillSE 139°367 m18.1 mi
Harkness HillWSW 246°356 m24.5 mi
Baker HillENE 76°330 m24.9 mi
Lazarus HillWSW 243°323 m23.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4219:20
June solstice05:2920:0720:50
September equinox06:5518:2919:06
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, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8905021066

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