West Canal Park
West Canal Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 175 m. East Hill stands 239 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Baisch Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 3.5 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 175 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Niagara County Parks Department
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 18.5 mi off the Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bridge overlook · 11 mi
- Buffalo City Hall Observation Deck · 12 mi
- Industrial Heritage overlook · 13 mi
- Geologic Past overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Baisch Park: 0.3 mi
- Creekwood Park: 0.6 mi
- Amherst Veterans Canal Park: 1.2 mi
- Ellicott Creek Park: 1.7 mi
- Irvington Park: 1.8 mi
- Gandhi Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Di Martino Garden: 3.4 mi
- U.S. Marine Corps Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Navy Seabees Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Tonawanda Civil War Monument: 3.9 mi
- Kanazawa Seal: 3.5 mi
- Grace N. Seitz McCombs: 3.8 mi
- Quo Vadis: 3.9 mi
- Progress Pride Paths: 3.9 mi
- Baird Point Columns: 3.9 mi
- Giraffes: 7.9 mi
- Addax: 7.9 mi
- Zebra: 7.9 mi
- Roan Antelope: 7.9 mi
- Gemsbok: 7.9 mi
- Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum: 3.1 mi
- North Tonawanda History Museum: 3.2 mi
- Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier: 3.3 mi
- Benjamin Long Homestead Musuem: 3.6 mi
- Historical Society of the Tonawandas: 3.9 mi
- Glen Falls: 7.2 mi
- Indian Falls: 10.5 mi
- American Falls: 12.8 mi
- American Falls: 12.9 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 12.9 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 8.1 mi
- Niagara Escarpment: 8.4 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 9.7 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 10.2 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 10.5 mi
- Grace Plaza: 3.8 mi
- Grace Plaza: 3.8 mi
- Tribute Garden: 6.3 mi
- Greenwood Garden: 9.6 mi
- 5 Loaves Farm: 9.8 mi
- Spicer Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.3 mi
- Scenic Woods: 4.9 mi
- Motor Island Wildlife Management Area: 8.4 mi
- Strawberry Island: 8.6 mi
- Lytle Nature Preserve: 12.4 mi
- Lighthouse Point Park: 12.6 mi
- Buffalo Main Light: 12.6 mi
- Buffalo North breakwater East end Light: 12.6 mi
- Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light: 15.3 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 15.3 mi
- Pavilion #2: 2.6 mi
- Eco Island: 10.4 mi
- Locust Grove Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Amanda's Place Pavilion: 14.4 mi
- Picnic Area #1: 18.4 mi
- Beaver Island Beach: 9.3 mi
- Emerald Beach: 12.2 mi
- Gallagher Beach: 14.6 mi
- Bedford Beach: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Canal Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hill | ESE 108° | 239 m | 13.7 mi |
| West Hill | ESE 114° | 228 m | 12.1 mi |
| Saratoga Hill (9m) | SSE 168° | 180 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:16 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:58 | 16:44 |
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 | 25 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Tonawanda, 2 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer20 obs
- American Robin14 obs
- Eastern Cottontail14 obs
- Great Blue Heron12 obs
- common buckthorn12 obs
- common reed12 obs
- common milkweed11 obs
- American Toad11 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/120936888
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