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Seward House Museum

Seward House Museum from directly overhead

Seward House Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 214 m. Ripley Hill stands 604 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Harriet Tubman, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Scenic Route 90 passes 7.6 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.92951, -76.56661

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Seward Park: 0.1 mi
  • Pomeroy Park: 0.2 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Market Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • Osborne Street Park: 0.3 mi
Peaks: 50
Historic sites: 44
  • Auburn Roundhouse: 0.7 mi
  • Cayuga-Seneca Canal Lock 11: 8.9 mi
  • Site of Crossover Bridge: 8.9 mi
  • Byron Lapp Memorial Trail: 8.9 mi
  • Clinton's Ditch: 9.0 mi
Museums: 34
Artworks: 23
  • Harriet Tubman: 0.0 mi
  • William Seward: 0.1 mi
  • Herons: 9.2 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 10.6 mi
  • Tom Caughlin Mural: 15.1 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Harriet Tubman Gravesite: 0.5 mi
  • Cayuga Lake (Thomas B. Marsh): 10.9 mi
  • Site of the Whitmer Red Schoolhouse: 15.6 mi
  • Millard Fillmore's Cabin: 17.7 mi
  • Old Dam: 19.2 mi
Gardens: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • Guppy Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Marcellus Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Lower Carpenter Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Upper Carpenter Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Bucktail Falls: 18.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Dorwin Springs: 21.0 mi
  • Klippel Spring: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 1
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Willow Bay: 21.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ripley HillESE 120°604 m19.1 mi
Preble HillESE 121°580 m21.9 mi
Vesper HillESE 113°579 m20.7 mi
Gifford HillESE 120°576 m21.2 mi
Brake HillSE 131°574 m24.1 mi
Dutch HillESE 106°570 m20.9 mi
Manns HillE 100°495 m18.9 mi
Bare MountainE 101°489 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4119:19
June solstice05:2820:0620:49
September equinox06:5418:2819:06
December solstice07:3515:4916:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232532455766716962504030
Precip in2.92.53.23.73.84.14.34.33.94.53.63.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auburn, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1089049235

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