F.R. Newman Arboretum
F.R. Newman Arboretum is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden, a garden 0.6 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off.
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 13.2 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 3 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mundy Wildflower Garden: 0.7 mi
- Cornell Botanic Gardens: 0.9 mi
- Rawlings Green: 1.1 mi
- Salem Park: 1.3 mi
- Peter Plaza: 1.4 mi
- Comstock Knoll: 0.9 mi
- Hungerford Hill: 1.7 mi
- Turkey Hill: 1.8 mi
- Snyder Hill: 3.7 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 3.7 mi
- Reynolds Game Farm: 0.9 mi
- Pine Tree Wildlife Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Cascadilla Gorge: 1.7 mi
- East Ithaca Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Ellis Hollow Park: 2.5 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 1.2 mi
- Rocky Falls: 1.5 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 1.5 mi
- Ithaca Falls: 1.8 mi
- Potter's Falls: 2.4 mi
- Incodema: 3.8 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 4.4 mi
- Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 5.7 mi
- Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 6.5 mi
- Rt 96 Self Storage: 7.1 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 2.3 mi
- Sciencenter: 2.5 mi
- Museum of the Earth: 4.2 mi
- Field School House: 6.3 mi
- Cayuga Nature Center: 6.9 mi
- Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden: 0.6 mi
- Student Centennial Garden: 1.1 mi
- Deans Garden: 1.1 mi
- Minn's Garden: 1.1 mi
- Rockwell Azalea Garden: 1.3 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 1.4 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 1.5 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 6.3 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 8.1 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 15.2 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 4.2 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 11.8 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 22.3 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 5.1 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 24.9 mi
- Preble: 24.1 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 2.6 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 9.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of F.R. Newman Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | E 80° | 643 m | 16.4 mi |
| Connecticut Hill | WSW 247° | 638 m | 11.8 mi |
| Greek Peak | E 79° | 637 m | 15.9 mi |
| South Hill | ENE 78° | 635 m | 15.8 mi |
| Tuller Hill | ENE 73° | 616 m | 17.6 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | E 93° | 612 m | 8.6 mi |
| Irish Hill | SW 219° | 599 m | 16.1 mi |
| Hammond Hill | E 99° | 598 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:51 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 24 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ithaca Cornell Univ, under a mile away.
- Spotted Salamander791 obs
- American Robin625 obs
- Common Garter Snake553 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel553 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander488 obs
- Spongy Moth478 obs
- Canada Goose447 obs
- purple loosestrife442 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/556029793
Day trips start here
- Ithaca · 2 mi
- Trumansburg · 12 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 16 mi
- Cortland · 17 mi
- Watkins Glen · 22 mi
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