O'Kell Park
O'Kell Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. South Hill stands 540 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Tim Russert Children's Garden, a park 0.4 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 1.4 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Buffalo
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 5.1 mi off the Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Mound · 1 mi
- Top of Mound · 1 mi
- South Viewing Blind · 1 mi
- North Viewing Blind · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tim Russert Children's Garden: 0.4 mi
- Mulroy Park: 0.6 mi
- Brookdale Park: 0.6 mi
- McClellan Circle: 0.7 mi
- South Park: 0.7 mi
- Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Gateway: 1.8 mi
- Red Jacket Peninsula: 2.1 mi
- Children's Memorial Park monument: 2.3 mi
- Larkin Administration Building pier: 2.9 mi
- Buffalo Fire Department Box 191, December 27, 1983: 3.1 mi
- Lucy Smith & Colesville: 2.0 mi
- Buffal "O": 3.1 mi
- Edward M. Cotter: 3.3 mi
- Spirit of Buffalo: 3.8 mi
- PTF-17: 3.8 mi
- Start Over Again: 2.8 mi
- Shark Girl: 3.8 mi
- Vroom, Shhh: 3.8 mi
- General Kazimier Pulaski: 3.9 mi
- Nikola Tesla: 3.9 mi
- Heritage DiscoveRy Center: 2.0 mi
- Steel Plant Museum of Western New York: 2.0 mi
- Buffalo Fire Museum: 3.4 mi
- Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum: 3.5 mi
- Iron Island Museum: 3.6 mi
- Tifft Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Times Beach Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve: 4.3 mi
- Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve And Environmental Education Center: 6.3 mi
- Anna Mae Bacon Bird Sanctuary: 8.6 mi
- Broadway Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Trial Gardens: 4.1 mi
- Inspiration Garden: 4.2 mi
- Walled Garden: 4.7 mi
- Urban Roots: 5.9 mi
- Mattulke Falls: 9.0 mi
- Glen Falls: 9.6 mi
- Eternal Flame Falls: 10.2 mi
- Cromer's Mill: 13.7 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 20.7 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 11.8 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 12.9 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 13.7 mi
- old gravel pit: 13.9 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 14.2 mi
- Gallagher Beach: 1.7 mi
- Emerald Beach: 4.5 mi
- Beaver Island Beach: 10.4 mi
- Wendt Beach: 16.1 mi
- Bennett Beach: 17.2 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 2.1 mi
- Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light: 2.1 mi
- Lighthouse Point Park: 4.1 mi
- Buffalo Main Light: 4.2 mi
- Buffalo North breakwater East end Light: 4.2 mi
- Amanda's Place Pavilion: 2.3 mi
- Pavilion #2: 12.5 mi
- Eco Island: 15.1 mi
- Locust Grove Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Eden Text Stop: 11.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of O'Kell Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Hill | SSE 154° | 540 m | 19.0 mi |
| Townsend Hill | SSE 164° | 533 m | 19.5 mi |
| East Hill | SSE 155° | 509 m | 14.1 mi |
| Crow Hill | SE 124° | 500 m | 21.0 mi |
| Vermont Hill | SE 129° | 488 m | 19.4 mi |
| East Boston Hill | SSE 156° | 486 m | 13.5 mi |
| Blanchard Hill | SSE 149° | 481 m | 16.1 mi |
| Rice Hill | SSE 168° | 466 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:50 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:15 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:59 | 16:45 |
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 | 26 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffalo, 9 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer263 obs
- Painted Turtle137 obs
- Mallard118 obs
- Great Blue Heron105 obs
- Canada Goose98 obs
- Northern Cardinal88 obs
- Black-capped Chickadee86 obs
- Downy Woodpecker86 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/450147665
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