U.S. Army - Tug LT-5
U.S. Army - Tug LT-5 is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 75 m. The Kingdom stands 198 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is H. Lee White Marine Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 0.6 miles off. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
LT-5 was part of the Mulberry Fleet of tugs, barges, aged merchant ships, concrete caissons, and cruciform steel floats to build harbors where none existed at Omaha Beach and Gold Beach. She started work there on the morning of June 7, 1944.
What the record says
- Built
- 1943
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 17.9 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Meteorology Observation Deck · 1 mi
- Paid viewfinder · 27 mi
94 named places within 25 miles
- Wright's Landing: 0.2 mi
- Montcalm Park: 0.4 mi
- Breitbeck Park: 0.4 mi
- Franklin Square: 0.5 mi
- Fort Ontario State Historic Site: 0.5 mi
- Gardner Hill: 2.0 mi
- Cornish Hill: 3.6 mi
- Bunker Hill: 4.3 mi
- Worden Hill: 5.0 mi
- Tug Hill: 5.1 mi
- H. Lee White Marine Museum: 0.0 mi
- Derrick Boat 8: 0.1 mi
- Safe Haven Museum: 0.6 mi
- Richardson-Bates House Museum: 0.9 mi
- Lost World Museum: 19.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Syracuse Northern Railroad bridge: 20.5 mi
- Oak Orchard Lock Wall: 23.5 mi
- Fort Brewerton: 24.3 mi
- Fort Brewerton Historic Site: 24.3 mi
- McIntyres Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Sitts Bluff: 10.8 mi
- The Bluffs: 11.0 mi
- Scotts Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Curtiss Gale Wildlife Management Area: 13.8 mi
- Altmar State Forest: 22.8 mi
- Sandy Creek State Forest: 24.3 mi
- Lakeview Wildlife Management Area: 24.5 mi
- Flat Rocks: 1.2 mi
- Stevenson Beach: 11.5 mi
- West Pierhead Light: 0.6 mi
- Herb Garden: 2.9 mi
- Sterling Renaissance Festival: 10.0 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of U.S. Army - Tug LT-5. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kingdom | SSE 166° | 198 m | 24.9 mi |
| Cuddeback Hill | SSW 212° | 184 m | 20.3 mi |
| Bristol Hill | SE 133° | 154 m | 12.3 mi |
| Hogback Hill | SSW 211° | 147 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mullen Hill | E 96° | 144 m | 12.4 mi |
| Harris Hill | S 181° | 143 m | 11.9 mi |
| Honey Hill | SSE 158° | 136 m | 9.0 mi |
| Woodchuck Hill | SE 141° | 135 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:07 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:47 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oswego, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 91002059OpenStreetMapOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — NASH (harbor tug), reference 91002059, listed 12/04/91.
OpenStreetMap element way/173674466
Day trips start here
- Wolcott · 23 mi
- Sodus Point · 27 mi
- Weedsport · 29 mi
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