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Seneca Park

Seneca Park from directly overhead

Seneca Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 125 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Paul Pocket Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 2.9 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, this 297 acre park offers scenic views of the Genesee River gorge, hiking trails, a paved walking path, open fields, a large pond, playgrounds, three picnic shelters, the Wegman Lodge, and the Seneca Park Zoo.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Monroe County Department of Parks

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Getting there

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Coordinates43.19990, -77.61930

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Saint Paul Pocket Park: 0.2 mi
  • Upper Maplewood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Parkside Fields: 0.5 mi
  • Backyard: 0.5 mi
  • Africa: 0.6 mi
Attractions
  • Tortoise: 0.4 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 0.5 mi
  • Wallaby: 0.5 mi
  • Snow Leopard: 0.5 mi
  • Emu: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
  • George Eastman Tomb: 0.5 mi
  • Halal markit turky: 0.6 mi
  • Christ Child Section (South): 0.7 mi
  • Section 48 (South): 0.7 mi
  • Section 54 (South): 0.8 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 59
Museums: 33
Nature reserves: 28
Gardens: 19
Waterfalls: 11
  • Norton’s Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Lower Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Middle Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Turning Point Falls: 2.1 mi
  • High Falls: 2.7 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Windsor Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Ontario Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Hamlin Beach: 20.6 mi
Lighthouses: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Seneca Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak MountainSSE 156°358 m23.6 mi
Jakman HillS 183°357 m24.9 mi
Hopper HillsSSE 159°335 m18.9 mi
Woodchuck HillSSE 168°297 m22.2 mi
Taft HillSSE 166°287 m23.0 mi
Baker HillSE 139°282 m15.1 mi
College HillS 179°267 m20.1 mi
Turk HillSE 138°264 m14.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:23
June solstice05:3120:1120:55
September equinox06:5818:3219:10
December solstice07:4015:5216:39

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mute Swan62 obs
  • Mallard62 obs
  • American tuliptree61 obs
  • red deadnettle58 obs
  • House Sparrow44 obs
  • Canada Goose43 obs
  • American Toad43 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel42 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/545499763

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