Golden Hill State Park
Golden Hill State Park is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 75 m. Nichols Hill stands 225 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Thirty Mile Point Light, a lighthouse 0.5 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 1.7 miles off. 109 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Harbor overlook · 12 mi
109 named places within 25 miles
- Barker Bi-Centennial Park: 3.9 mi
- Hartland Town Park: 9.2 mi
- Greenwood Lake Town Park: 10.2 mi
- Gulf Street Park: 10.8 mi
- Lions Park: 11.0 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 11.2 mi
- John E Butts Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Belva Lockwood Homestead: 14.2 mi
- Orleans County Marine Park Dedication Plaque: 14.4 mi
- Lyle and Gail Johnson: 16.6 mi
- Babcock House Museum: 7.1 mi
- Medina Historical Society Museum: 11.3 mi
- Medina Railroad Museum: 11.5 mi
- First Universalist Church: 15.5 mi
- New York State Erie Canal Museum at Locks 34 & 35: 17.6 mi
- Niagara Escarpment: 11.9 mi
- Niagara Escarpment: 15.8 mi
- Brighton Cliff: 15.9 mi
- Indian Falls: 17.6 mi
- Niagara Escarpment: 23.0 mi
- Medina Falls: 11.3 mi
- Royalton Falls: 14.2 mi
- Indian Falls: 17.6 mi
- Indian Falls: 24.2 mi
- Akron Falls: 24.6 mi
- Van Horn Mansion: 12.6 mi
- Lockport Locks & Erie Canal Cruises: 17.2 mi
- Lockport Cave and Underground Boat Ride: 17.5 mi
- Flight of Five: 17.6 mi
- Lytle Nature Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment Unique Area: 23.9 mi
- Pine Hill: 17.0 mi
- Nichols Hill: 20.5 mi
- Kenan Center Gardens: 18.0 mi
- Rock garden: 24.7 mi
- Thirty Mile Point Light: 0.5 mi
- Bedford Beach: 12.2 mi
- Dolphin: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Golden Hill State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nichols Hill | SSE 158° | 225 m | 20.5 mi |
| Pine Hill | SE 141° | 217 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:15 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:55 | 16:42 |
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 | 35 | 46 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lockport 4E, 14 mi away.
- American Toad7 obs
- Ring-necked Pheasant6 obs
- Long-tailed Duck5 obs
- purple-flowered raspberry5 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant5 obs
- Red-breasted Merganser4 obs
- dame's rocket4 obs
- common selfheal4 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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