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McKinney Park

McKinney Park from directly overhead

McKinney Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 356 m. Tower Hill stands 715 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is The Critic, a artwork 0.6 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
356 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.14056, -77.06927

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hillvue Park: 0.6 mi
  • Canfield Park: 0.7 mi
  • William St. Park: 0.7 mi
  • Buechner Park: 0.9 mi
  • Centennial Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 20
Historic sites: 19
  • Painted Post Monument: 1.7 mi
  • Phillip W. Scudder Bridge: 2.9 mi
  • IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing: 3.2 mi
  • Preemption Line: 5.4 mi
  • Soaring Capital of America: 9.3 mi
Museums: 12
Artworks: 10
  • The Critic: 0.6 mi
  • Glass Blower: 0.7 mi
  • Artemus: 0.9 mi
  • Corning Ceremonial Sculpture: 1.0 mi
  • Metal Abstract: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Shequaga Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Aunt Sarah's Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Deckertown Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 18.7 mi
Attractions: 4
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of McKinney Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tower HillS 169°715 m16.2 mi
Buck MountainSSE 162°638 m16.3 mi
Gobblers KnobS 171°592 m11.3 mi
Quackenbush HillNE 54°580 m5.6 mi
Martin HillNE 48°579 m9.5 mi
Townley HillNE 46°574 m8.7 mi
Irish HillNNW 327°574 m14.1 mi
Buck HillS 180°572 m12.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4419:21
June solstice05:3320:0620:49
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:3415:5516:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212331435563676658473627
Precip in2.31.93.03.43.14.23.73.94.23.62.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Corning, under a mile away.

  • Eastern Newt40 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade21 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel20 obs
  • American Robin19 obs
  • Monarch18 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander16 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle16 obs
  • eastern white pine13 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/126583084

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