Fort Ontario State Historic Site
Fort Ontario State Historic Site is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. The Kingdom stands 198 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Safe Haven Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 0.5 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 17.4 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Meteorology Observation Deck · 2 mi
- Paid viewfinder · 27 mi
93 named places within 25 miles
- Lakeside Park: 0.4 mi
- Washington Square: 0.5 mi
- Fitzhugh Park: 0.6 mi
- Wright's Landing: 0.7 mi
- Franklin Square: 0.7 mi
- Gardner Hill: 2.3 mi
- Cornish Hill: 3.9 mi
- Bunker Hill: 4.6 mi
- Worden Hill: 5.0 mi
- Tug Hill: 5.4 mi
- Safe Haven Museum: 0.2 mi
- H. Lee White Marine Museum: 0.5 mi
- Derrick Boat 8: 0.5 mi
- U.S. Army - Tug LT-5: 0.5 mi
- Richardson-Bates House Museum: 0.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Syracuse Northern Railroad bridge: 20.0 mi
- Oak Orchard Lock Wall: 23.2 mi
- Fort Brewerton: 24.0 mi
- Fort Brewerton Historic Site: 24.0 mi
- McIntyres Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Sitts Bluff: 11.2 mi
- The Bluffs: 11.4 mi
- Scotts Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Curtiss Gale Wildlife Management Area: 13.7 mi
- Altmar State Forest: 22.4 mi
- Sandy Creek State Forest: 23.8 mi
- Lakeview Wildlife Management Area: 24.1 mi
- Flat Rocks: 1.7 mi
- Stevenson Beach: 11.4 mi
- West Pierhead Light: 0.8 mi
- Herb Garden: 3.3 mi
- Sterling Renaissance Festival: 10.4 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Ontario State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kingdom | SSE 167° | 198 m | 24.9 mi |
| Cuddeback Hill | SSW 213° | 184 m | 20.7 mi |
| Bristol Hill | SE 135° | 154 m | 12.0 mi |
| Hogback Hill | SSW 212° | 147 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mullen Hill | E 96° | 144 m | 11.9 mi |
| Harris Hill | S 184° | 143 m | 12.0 mi |
| Honey Hill | SSE 161° | 136 m | 8.9 mi |
| Woodchuck Hill | SE 143° | 135 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:07 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:46 | 16:33 |
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 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oswego, 2 mi away.
- Long-tailed Duck97 obs
- Ring-billed Gull55 obs
- Red-breasted Merganser48 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant46 obs
- Canada Goose42 obs
- Mallard40 obs
- White-winged Scoter37 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel35 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/846795800
Day trips start here
- Wolcott · 23 mi
- Sodus Point · 28 mi
- Weedsport · 29 mi
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