Lafayette Park
Lafayette Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 140 m. Butcher Hill stands 482 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Early History of Waterloo Mural, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 5.7 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Waterloo
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 7.2 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 21.8 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Paid viewfinder · 26 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dempsey Park: 0.2 mi
- Oak Island Village Park: 0.3 mi
- Memorial Day Park: 0.3 mi
- Luce's Park: 1.0 mi
- Kid's Territory Park: 2.7 mi
- Crusoe Island: 10.3 mi
- Crozier Hill: 10.5 mi
- Emerson Hill: 10.8 mi
- Clark Hill: 11.1 mi
- Jackson Hill: 11.9 mi
- American Civil War Memorial: 0.3 mi
- The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument: 3.7 mi
- Cayuga - Seneca Canal: 6.1 mi
- Enlarged Erie Canal Richmond Aqeuduct: 10.3 mi
- Richmond Aqeuduct: 10.4 mi
- Site of the Whitmer Red Schoolhouse: 1.8 mi
- Finger Lakes Welcome Center: 6.1 mi
- Cayuga Lake (Thomas B. Marsh): 8.4 mi
- Harriet Tubman Gravesite: 15.1 mi
- Birth place of Zebedee Coltrin: 15.9 mi
- Trinity Memorial Garden: 3.7 mi
- East Castle Street Butterfly Gardens: 6.3 mi
- East Castle Street Butterfly Gardens: 6.3 mi
- Hope Garden: 12.4 mi
- South Entrance/Exit Lane Bed (Entrance Lane Side): 19.6 mi
- Bishop Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Canoga Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 6.9 mi
- Canoga Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Lettie M Cook Memorial Forest: 8.3 mi
- Kashong Conservation Area: 11.1 mi
- Early History of Waterloo Mural: 0.1 mi
- Tom Caughlin Mural: 0.2 mi
- Oak Island Rock Sculpture: 0.3 mi
- I♥NY: 6.1 mi
- Elizabeth Blackwell Sculpture: 6.7 mi
- Hosmer Falls: 16.5 mi
- Oak Tree Falls: 17.2 mi
- Silver Thread Falls: 20.2 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 22.0 mi
- Guppy Falls: 24.3 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 19.0 mi
- Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 20.2 mi
- Kershaw Beach: 20.3 mi
- Hi Banks: 6.7 mi
- Castle Point: 22.7 mi
- Klippel Spring: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lafayette Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butcher Hill | S 170° | 482 m | 24.0 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SSW 213° | 416 m | 24.8 mi |
| Oak Hill | ESE 115° | 409 m | 24.8 mi |
| Miller Hill | SE 132° | 368 m | 21.4 mi |
| Bennett Hill | SE 131° | 367 m | 20.4 mi |
| Harkness Hill | WSW 243° | 356 m | 21.2 mi |
| Lazarus Hill | WSW 240° | 323 m | 20.2 mi |
| Locust Hill | SW 231° | 309 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:42 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:07 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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 | 25 | 32 | 44 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Geneva Rsch Farm, 9 mi away.
- staghorn sumac9 obs
- dame's rocket5 obs
- Ring-billed Gull4 obs
- Mallard4 obs
- box elder4 obs
- creeping thistle4 obs
- wild carrot4 obs
- Amur honeysuckle4 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/677322852
Day trips start here
- Seneca Falls · 4 mi
- Geneva · 6 mi
- Finger Lakes · 10 mi
- Auburn · 15 mi
- Newark · 15 mi
- Weedsport · 18 mi
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