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Powder Mills Park

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Powder Mills Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 145 m. Stid Hill stands 635 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Water Wheel, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 9.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
145 m

What to expect

Operated by
Monroe County Department of Parks

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.04529, -77.48189

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Water Wheel: 0.1 mi
  • Phinehas Howe Young Home: 2.5 mi
  • Mendon General Store: 3.5 mi
  • John Young Home ( front portion): 5.0 mi
  • John Young Home ( back portion): 5.0 mi
Parks
  • Horizon Hill Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
  • Kreag Road Park: 1.5 mi
  • Mendon Foundation Eckler Road Property: 1.7 mi
  • Thornell Farm Park: 2.0 mi
  • Great Embankment Park: 2.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • FLTG Golfball: 2.9 mi
  • American Eagle: 3.4 mi
  • Rebecca Well: 3.4 mi
  • Faith Hope and Charity: 3.5 mi
  • Nazareth Pole of Peace: 4.3 mi
Museums: 40
Gardens: 32
Waterfalls: 11
Beaches: 5
  • Windsor Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Kershaw Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 16.2 mi
  • Ontario Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Bristol Harbour Beach: 21.9 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Powder Mills Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stid HillSSE 167°635 m21.2 mi
Johnson HillSSE 163°538 m19.6 mi
Oak MountainSSE 166°358 m11.2 mi
Jakman HillSSW 211°357 m16.5 mi
Baptist HillSSE 169°356 m14.2 mi
Hopper HillsS 180°335 m6.9 mi
Allens HillS 188°317 m14.5 mi
Woodchuck HillSSW 192°297 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4519:22
June solstice05:3120:1020:53
September equinox06:5818:3219:09
December solstice07:3915:5216:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735475968727164524232
Precip in2.52.12.53.02.93.43.63.33.23.22.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester GTR Intl, 11 mi away.

  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage104 obs
  • mayapple49 obs
  • Christmas fern49 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel42 obs
  • dame's rocket37 obs
  • common milkweed37 obs
  • White-tailed Deer35 obs
  • white snakeroot35 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/124447594

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