Spencer Historical Museum
Spencer Historical Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 303 m. Connecticut Hill stands 638 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Nichols Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
The story
village in Tioga County, New York, United States
Dates from 1886.
Wikidata Q522130, matched on coordinates and name (223 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Spencer Historical Society
How to reach it
- 15.6 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 29.7 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 17 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nichols Park: 0.2 mi
- hillview park: 2.7 mi
- Lane Collyer Field: 7.7 mi
- Newfield Community Park: 10.9 mi
- Barton Park: 12.2 mi
- West Hill: 1.4 mi
- Doolittle Hill: 3.5 mi
- Blake Hill: 4.0 mi
- Nobles Hill: 5.5 mi
- Dawes Hill: 5.5 mi
- Cliffside State Forest: 10.2 mi
- Maple Hill State Forest: 11.1 mi
- Fairfield State Forest: 12.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls State Park: 13.3 mi
- South Hill Natural Area West: 14.2 mi
- SaSaNa Loft Monument: 13.9 mi
- Tioga County Veterans Memorial: 14.2 mi
- Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Monument: 14.2 mi
- War Veterans Memorial: 14.9 mi
- Hickories Park Founding Plaque: 16.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 13.1 mi
- Lucifer Falls: 13.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 14.0 mi
- Potter's Falls: 14.2 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 16.5 mi
- Tioga County Historical Society Museum: 14.2 mi
- Tioga County Historical Society Museum: 14.2 mi
- S.R.A.C. Susquehanna River Archaeological Center: 14.9 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 15.6 mi
- Newark Valley Depot Museum: 15.8 mi
- Incodema: 13.5 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 17.6 mi
- Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 18.7 mi
- Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 19.3 mi
- Rt 96 Self Storage: 19.7 mi
- Alpha Phi Alpha memorial garden: 16.1 mi
- Ithaca Children's Garden: 16.1 mi
- Minn's Garden: 16.2 mi
- Rockwell Azalea Garden: 16.2 mi
- Farrand Garden: 16.2 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 15.6 mi
- Labrador Duck: 17.8 mi
- Olivia Langdon: 18.2 mi
- Mark Twain: 18.2 mi
- Thomas K. Beecher Statue: 18.2 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 4.9 mi
- Devils Elbow: 12.6 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 13.6 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 22.6 mi
- Nichols Rest Area: 13.8 mi
- Owego Rest Area: 14.1 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 8.1 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 13.6 mi
- Round Top Recreation Area: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Spencer Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Hill | NW 323° | 638 m | 14.9 mi |
| Irish Hill | WNW 296° | 599 m | 9.2 mi |
| Doll Hill | NW 319° | 596 m | 11.7 mi |
| Seely Hill | NNW 336° | 582 m | 6.3 mi |
| Barnes Hill | NW 316° | 571 m | 7.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NE 37° | 570 m | 11.4 mi |
| Red Chalk Hill | W 278° | 569 m | 10.3 mi |
| Varney Hill | WNW 287° | 562 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:52 | 16:37 |
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 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spencer 1 NE, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6788244013
Day trips start here
- Ithaca · 16 mi
- Watkins Glen · 22 mi
- Trumansburg · 24 mi
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