Centennial Park
Centennial Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. South Hill stands 540 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is 4th Street Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 0.5 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 180 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Buffalo
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 10.3 mi off the Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bridge overlook · 1 mi
- Buffalo City Hall Observation Deck · 1 mi
- Duck Blind · 2 mi
- North Viewing Blind · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 4th Street Park: 0.2 mi
- Front Park: 0.5 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.6 mi
- Waterfront/Emerson Young Park: 0.7 mi
- Patty Parete Park: 0.8 mi
- Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Monument: 0.5 mi
- Front Park Peace Memorial: 0.6 mi
- 100th NY Volunteer Infantry Civil War Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Veterans Monument: 1.0 mi
- The Legend of John Maynard Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland: 1.0 mi
- Millard Fillmore: 1.0 mi
- Tell Everone About Buffalo: 1.2 mi
- The Alphabet Doesn't Need To Be In Order: 1.2 mi
- Buffalo is a Place: 1.2 mi
- Charles & Marie Fontana Boathouse Tour: 0.5 mi
- Kleinhans Music Hall: 0.9 mi
- International Boundary Line: 1.0 mi
- USS Croaker: 1.3 mi
- USS Grenadier (SS210): 1.3 mi
- North Hall - The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum: 1.1 mi
- Buffalo Harbor Museum: 1.3 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site: 1.3 mi
- Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park Museum: 1.4 mi
- Explore & More Children's Museum: 1.4 mi
- Times Beach Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Tifft Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Strawberry Island: 4.4 mi
- Motor Island Wildlife Management Area: 5.3 mi
- Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve: 8.7 mi
- Trial Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Urban Roots: 1.4 mi
- Lillion Batchelor Contemplative Garden: 1.6 mi
- Broadway Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- 5 Loaves Farm: 2.0 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 11.9 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 13.5 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 14.4 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 14.9 mi
- old gravel pit: 15.3 mi
- Glen Falls: 9.1 mi
- Mattulke Falls: 12.5 mi
- Eternal Flame Falls: 15.2 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 15.6 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 15.6 mi
- Emerald Beach: 0.8 mi
- Gallagher Beach: 4.0 mi
- Beaver Island Beach: 5.3 mi
- Wendt Beach: 16.9 mi
- Bennett Beach: 18.2 mi
- Buffalo Main Light: 1.2 mi
- Buffalo North breakwater East end Light: 1.2 mi
- Lighthouse Point Park: 1.2 mi
- Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light: 4.4 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 4.4 mi
- Amanda's Place Pavilion: 6.8 mi
- Pavilion #2: 9.1 mi
- Eco Island: 9.9 mi
- Locust Grove Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Eden Text Stop: 14.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Centennial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Hill | SSE 150° | 540 m | 24.0 mi |
| Townsend Hill | SSE 158° | 533 m | 24.3 mi |
| East Hill | SSE 150° | 509 m | 19.1 mi |
| Vermont Hill | SE 130° | 488 m | 24.5 mi |
| East Boston Hill | SSE 150° | 486 m | 18.5 mi |
| Blanchard Hill | SE 146° | 481 m | 21.2 mi |
| Rice Hill | SSE 160° | 466 m | 19.7 mi |
| East Hill | ENE 69° | 239 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:51 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:15 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:59 | 16:45 |
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 | 26 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffalo, 9 mi away.
- Monarch64 obs
- Ring-billed Gull54 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel50 obs
- Black-capped Chickadee38 obs
- Canada Goose36 obs
- Biting Stonecrop35 obs
- Bufflehead34 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle34 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOpenStreetMap element way/23711174
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