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Chimney Bluffs State Park

Chimney Bluffs State Park from directly overhead

Chimney Bluffs State Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 83 m. Brantling Hill stands 206 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimney Bluff Point, a peak 0.6 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 3.6 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.28285, -76.91912

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sodus Point Beach Park: 2.9 mi
  • Willow Park: 3.3 mi
  • Sodus Bay Lighthouse Park: 3.4 mi
  • Northup Park: 6.8 mi
  • L. Arthur Hill Memorial Park: 6.8 mi
Peaks: 54
  • Chimney Bluff Point: 0.6 mi
  • Freedom Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Governor Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Cuddeback Hill: 10.5 mi
  • Hogback Hill: 11.0 mi
Historic sites: 27
  • Sodus Bay Lighthouse 1825-1871: 3.4 mi
  • Fireman's Memorial Park: 14.0 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 54 - Berlin Lock: 14.3 mi
  • Lyons Aqueduct: 15.7 mi
  • Lyons Aqueduct: 15.7 mi
Museums: 22
  • Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Brick Church Museum: 13.9 mi
  • Mill Museum: 14.0 mi
  • Wayne County Museum: 15.6 mi
  • H. G. Hotchkiss Essential Oil Museum (Peppermint Museum): 15.7 mi
Attractions: 22
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Artworks: 3
  • FireBear: 6.8 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 21.9 mi
  • Herons: 23.6 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Hope Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Herb Garden: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wolcott Falls: 6.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Klippel Spring: 10.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chimney Bluffs State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brantling HillSW 219°206 m12.0 mi
Pigeon HillWSW 242°201 m18.2 mi
Jackson HillSSW 199°201 m19.0 mi
Kuttruff HillWSW 247°198 m22.6 mi
Johnson HillSW 226°194 m20.5 mi
Mathewson HillWSW 248°194 m21.8 mi
Cobb HillSW 224°189 m17.0 mi
Boyton HillWSW 243°189 m19.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4219:20
June solstice05:2820:0920:52
September equinox06:5618:2919:07
December solstice07:3715:4916:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533445665696861503929
Precip in3.02.52.73.23.43.53.63.83.44.33.43.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sodus 1W, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • purple-flowered raspberry56 obs
  • Canadian lousewort38 obs
  • large white trillium29 obs
  • red trillium25 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort24 obs
  • Herb Robert22 obs
  • yellow trout lily20 obs
  • Christmas fern19 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/435584214

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