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The National Memorial Day Museum

The National Memorial Day Museum from directly overhead

The National Memorial Day Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Butcher Hill stands 482 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dempsey Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 5.4 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

historic house in New York, United States

Wikidata Q8010350, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.90455, -76.86098

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dempsey Park: 0.1 mi
  • Memorial Day Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lafayette Park: 0.3 mi
  • Oak Island Village Park: 0.4 mi
  • Luce's Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks: 50
Historic sites: 29
  • American Civil War Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument: 3.4 mi
  • Cayuga - Seneca Canal: 6.4 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Richmond Aqeuduct: 10.1 mi
  • Richmond Aqeuduct: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Site of the Whitmer Red Schoolhouse: 1.8 mi
  • Finger Lakes Welcome Center: 6.3 mi
  • Cayuga Lake (Thomas B. Marsh): 8.2 mi
  • Harriet Tubman Gravesite: 14.7 mi
  • Birth place of Zebedee Coltrin: 15.9 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 16
Artworks: 13
Waterfalls: 6
  • Hosmer Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Oak Tree Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Silver Thread Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Wolcott Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Guppy Falls: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Glenwood Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 20.5 mi
  • Kershaw Beach: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Klippel Spring: 16.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Butcher HillS 171°482 m24.0 mi
The PinnacleSW 214°416 m24.9 mi
Oak HillESE 115°409 m24.5 mi
Miller HillSE 133°368 m21.2 mi
Bennett HillSE 132°367 m20.1 mi
Harkness HillWSW 244°356 m21.4 mi
Lazarus HillWSW 240°323 m20.5 mi
Locust HillSW 232°309 m14.3 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 solstice07:3615:5016:37

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, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7489945649

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