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Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Park

Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Park from directly overhead

Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. Frost Hill stands 696 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sonnenberg Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 23 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.89654, -77.27100

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sonnenberg Park: 0.3 mi
  • Gibson St Park: 0.5 mi
  • Jefferson Park: 0.6 mi
  • Frank Baker Park: 1.5 mi
  • Kershaw Park: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
  • FLTG Golfball: 12.7 mi
  • Elmer: 13.1 mi
  • William Smith Sculpture: 14.6 mi
  • 'The Scissors' Sculpture: 14.7 mi
  • Elizabeth Blackwell Sculpture: 14.8 mi
Attractions: 53
  • Original Stafford Schoolhouse: 8.0 mi
  • Rockwell Family Home Site: 8.5 mi
  • William Stafford Home: 8.6 mi
  • Russell Stoddard Sawmill & Dam: 8.8 mi
  • Quaker Meeting House: 9.4 mi
Museums: 41
Gardens: 31
  • North Entrance/Exit Area (Exit lane Side Bed): 1.5 mi
  • North Entrance/Exit Lane Employee Parking Side Turf Area: 1.6 mi
  • Noth Entrance/Exit Lane Turf Area Customer Parking Area: 1.6 mi
  • Windscreen Island #6: 1.6 mi
  • Windscreen Island #5: 1.6 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Upper Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Honeoye Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Postcard Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Reynolds Gully Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Kershaw Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 1.6 mi
  • Bristol Harbour Beach: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 1
  • Klippel Spring: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frost HillSW 214°696 m15.5 mi
Gannett HillSSW 207°690 m15.2 mi
Cleveland HillSSW 207°671 m17.1 mi
Canadice HillSW 220°671 m19.6 mi
Worden HillSW 215°666 m13.9 mi
High Point HillSSW 207°659 m19.4 mi
Quail HillSW 218°654 m15.2 mi
Stid HillSSW 210°635 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4419:21
June solstice05:3120:0920:52
September equinox06:5718:3119:08
December solstice07:3815:5216:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252734455867727064524131
Precip in1.91.82.63.23.13.64.13.33.13.52.62.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canandaigua 3 S, 4 mi away.

  • Mallard38 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull33 obs
  • Snow Goose27 obs
  • Painted Turtle21 obs
  • Western Honey Bee20 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee20 obs
  • Canada Goose19 obs
  • Brown-lipped Snail16 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.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 73001240OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/441813059

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