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Barnhart Island Overlook and Picnic Area

Barnhart Island Overlook and Picnic Area from directly overhead

Barnhart Island Overlook and Picnic Area is a picnic site in New York, at a recorded elevation of 82 m. Grasshopper Hill stands 129 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Barnhart Island Beach, a beach 0.9 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 2.9 miles off. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
82 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.01016, -74.83506

88 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 41
  • Saint Lawrence State Park: 1.3 mi
  • Guindon Park: 1.5 mi
  • Kinsmen Soccer Fields: 2.8 mi
  • Grant Park: 3.0 mi
  • Riverdale Park: 3.2 mi
Museums: 9
  • Eugene Nicandri Nature Center: 1.4 mi
  • Celine G. Philibert Cultural Centre and Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Upper Canada Interprative Centre: 9.7 mi
  • Battle of Crysler's Farm National Historic Site: 12.4 mi
  • Aultsville Train Station: 13.4 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Historic sites: 7
  • Aultsville ruin: 4.1 mi
  • Pioneer Memorial: 12.3 mi
  • Battle of Crysler's Farm: 12.4 mi
  • Sir James Pliny Whitney: 15.3 mi
  • The Reverend Johann Samuel Schwerdtfeger: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Barnhart Island Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Mille Roches Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Woodlands Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Crysler Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Morrisburg Beach: 18.3 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Wilson Hill: 12.1 mi
  • Nichols Hill: 14.8 mi
  • Marble Hill: 16.2 mi
  • Grasshopper Hill: 17.3 mi
  • Wilbur Hill: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Long Sault Rapids Point: 2.6 mi
  • Pointe Hopkins: 14.7 mi
  • Doran Point: 17.4 mi
  • Rapide Plat Point: 21.9 mi
Attractions: 3
  • The Frank S. McCullough, Jr. Hawkins Point Visitors Center: 2.0 mi
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Lock Viewing Deck and Interpretive Center: 2.3 mi
  • Akwesasne Mohawk Casino: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Woodlands Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Lion's Club Picnic Shelter: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Allen Falls: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Minerva Statue: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Barnhart Island Overlook and Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grasshopper HillS 186°129 m17.3 mi
Marble HillSSW 202°121 m16.2 mi
Wilbur HillSSW 205°120 m18.1 mi
Wilson HillWSW 241°84 m12.1 mi
Nichols HillWSW 242°77 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3319:12
June solstice05:1320:0520:50
September equinox06:4718:2018:59
December solstice07:3515:3216:21

Local time (America/Toronto).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161829435665706860483624
Precip in2.11.62.02.93.13.73.53.43.53.42.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Massena Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357602699

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