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Jamesville Beach County Park

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Jamesville Beach County Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 197 m. Morgan Hill stands 618 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Jamesville Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 5.1 miles off.

Vehicle entrance fee charged during peak season.

What the record says

Elevation
197 m

What to expect

Operated by
Onondaga County Parks
Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.96711, -76.06791

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grist Mill Park: 1.7 mi
  • Avery Park: 1.7 mi
  • Fiddlers Green Park: 2.1 mi
  • James E. Heath Park: 4.0 mi
  • Pratt's Falls Park: 4.3 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 33
  • Skytop Fire Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Butternut Creek Aqueduct: 5.4 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial Monument: 5.5 mi
  • Pyramid Grave: 5.8 mi
  • Lime Kiln: 5.9 mi
Museums: 31
Waterfalls: 16
Artworks: 14
Gardens: 9
  • Morningside Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.5 mi
  • South Side Garden: 5.6 mi
  • E.M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Bitternut Collective Permaculture Kitchen Garden: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Cedar Bay Pavilion: 5.5 mi
  • Galster Pavilion: 5.5 mi
  • Poolsbrook Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Willow Bay: 13.4 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Jamesville Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Green Lakes Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Valentine's Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Oneida Shores: 17.9 mi
  • Verona Beach: 22.4 mi
Attractions: 5
Springs: 1
  • Dorwin Springs: 4.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Preble: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Jamesville Beach County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morgan HillSSE 163°618 m13.1 mi
Muller HillSE 132°617 m19.5 mi
Truxton HillS 181°616 m14.5 mi
Fellows HillSSE 168°611 m11.0 mi
Hunt HillSE 138°611 m17.2 mi
Labrador HillS 178°606 m13.1 mi
Bull HillSSE 162°605 m20.2 mi
Ripley HillSW 216°604 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3919:17
June solstice05:2620:0420:48
September equinox06:5218:2619:04
December solstice07:3315:4716:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465867727063514130
Precip in2.62.53.03.53.43.63.93.73.43.93.23.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Syracuse Hancock Intl AP, 10 mi away.

  • Green Frog29 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage18 obs
  • American Toad18 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander15 obs
  • Common Garter Snake14 obs
  • large white trillium12 obs
  • Hart's-tongue fern11 obs
  • Northern Two-lined Salamander10 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/157451550

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