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Eden Text Stop

Eden Text Stop from directly overhead

Eden Text Stop is a rest area in New York, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. Blue Hill stands 614 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Firemen's Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 2.2 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Thruway Authority

How to reach it

Coordinates42.68748, -78.93716

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Firemen's Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lakeview Park: 1.5 mi
  • Eighteen Mile Creek County Park: 2.2 mi
  • Graycliff Estates: 2.5 mi
  • Birchwood Park: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums: 41
  • Kazoo Factory: 3.3 mi
  • Schoolhouse #8 History Center & Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Hamburg Historical museum: 6.6 mi
  • Orchard Park Historical Society: 11.3 mi
  • Heritage DiscoveRy Center: 13.1 mi
Attractions: 38
Peaks: 21
Nature reserves: 15
Gardens: 13
Beaches: 10
Waterfalls: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Amanda's Place Pavilion: 13.5 mi
  • Eco Island: 22.5 mi
  • Pavilion #2: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Mossy Point: 20.3 mi
  • Onondaga Escarpment: 23.7 mi
  • Onondaga Escarpment: 24.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Melissa's Spring: 18.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue HillESE 122°614 m24.2 mi
Parker HillSSE 149°605 m22.1 mi
Bread Loaf HillSE 130°593 m23.1 mi
Armstrong HillSSE 155°591 m23.9 mi
Mount TugSSE 152°587 m21.9 mi
Dutch HillSE 141°548 m21.3 mi
South HillESE 116°540 m15.4 mi
Townsend HillSE 127°533 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5119:28
June solstice05:3920:1520:58
September equinox07:0418:3819:15
December solstice07:4416:0016:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232331435564686761493829
Precip in4.83.93.74.54.14.54.44.04.65.44.84.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colden 1W, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1090523636

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