Cayuga Lake State Park
Cayuga Lake State Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Butcher Hill stands 482 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is McIntosh Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway runs past it. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
How to reach it
- On the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 1.5 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 22.5 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 26 mi
- Paid viewfinder · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McIntosh Park: 2.1 mi
- Suffrage Park: 2.4 mi
- Academy Square Park: 2.6 mi
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton Park: 2.6 mi
- The People's Park: 2.7 mi
- Emerson Hill: 7.7 mi
- Clark Hill: 8.4 mi
- Crusoe Island: 9.3 mi
- Bluff Point: 11.5 mi
- Hickory Hill: 12.2 mi
- It's A Wonderful Life Museum: 2.4 mi
- Seneca Museum of Waterways and Industry: 2.5 mi
- National Women's Hall of Fame: 2.6 mi
- National Women's Rights Historical Park Visitor Center: 2.7 mi
- Frontenac Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument: 2.4 mi
- American Civil War Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Enlarged Erie Canal Richmond Aqeuduct: 7.8 mi
- Richmond Aqeuduct: 7.9 mi
- Paper Mill Reservoir: 8.0 mi
- Canoga Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 2.3 mi
- Canoga Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 2.4 mi
- Lettie M Cook Memorial Forest: 2.4 mi
- Bishop Nature Preserve: 9.2 mi
- VanRiper Conservation Area: 12.3 mi
- Herons: 4.8 mi
- Tom Caughlin Mural: 5.8 mi
- Early History of Waterloo Mural: 5.8 mi
- Oak Island Rock Sculpture: 5.9 mi
- Bald Eagle: 6.3 mi
- Cayuga Lake (Thomas B. Marsh): 4.7 mi
- Site of the Whitmer Red Schoolhouse: 6.1 mi
- Harriet Tubman Gravesite: 9.2 mi
- Finger Lakes Welcome Center: 11.6 mi
- Birth place of Zebedee Coltrin: 15.7 mi
- Hosmer Falls: 14.7 mi
- Oak Tree Falls: 15.3 mi
- Guppy Falls: 18.6 mi
- Silver Thread Falls: 20.4 mi
- Upper Carpenter Falls: 21.5 mi
- Trinity Memorial Garden: 2.4 mi
- East Castle Street Butterfly Gardens: 11.8 mi
- East Castle Street Butterfly Gardens: 11.8 mi
- Hope Garden: 16.3 mi
- Hi Banks: 10.8 mi
- Castle Point: 23.6 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 13.4 mi
- Klippel Spring: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cayuga Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butcher Hill | S 185° | 482 m | 23.3 mi |
| Jewett Hill | SE 131° | 440 m | 20.7 mi |
| Oak Hill | ESE 121° | 409 m | 19.3 mi |
| Miller Hill | SE 145° | 368 m | 17.1 mi |
| Bennett Hill | SE 144° | 367 m | 16.0 mi |
| Howlett Hill | ENE 73° | 344 m | 24.3 mi |
| Lobdell Hill | SSE 147° | 336 m | 24.7 mi |
| Baker Hill | ENE 72° | 330 m | 22.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:07 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:50 | 16:36 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auburn, 11 mi away.
- Tundra Swan15 obs
- Snow Goose14 obs
- Red-headed Woodpecker11 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk9 obs
- yellow trout lily8 obs
- Bald Eagle7 obs
- wild geranium7 obs
- Microcystis aeruginosa7 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/435892104
Day trips start here
- Seneca Falls · 3 mi
- Auburn · 10 mi
- Geneva · 12 mi
- Finger Lakes · 14 mi
- Weedsport · 14 mi
- Skaneateles · 17 mi
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