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|   Tanglewood Nature Center - Elmira, NY
in Nature Centers Tanglewood was created in 1973. "Our trails and Nature Center and Museum are free to all, members and nonmembers alike." The Nature Center is open Tue-Sat. Trails are open dawn to dusk 365 days a year. posted by:  ripraff location: New York date approved: 06/06/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE2.6 km |  Jeff Alexander - Tanglewood Nature Center - Elmira, NY
in Dedicated Benches This is a natural wood bench. posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 06/05/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE2.7 km |  Solar Roof - Tanglewood Nature Center, Elmira, NY
in Solar Power These panels are on the roof of the education building. posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 06/05/2016 last visited: never |
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|  Warren E. Eaton Motorless Flight Facility - Elmira, NY
in Satellite Imagery Oddities This structure has "Harris Hill 123.3" on the roof. posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 05/23/2018 last visited: never |
 view galleryN2.7 km |  Harris Hill Gliderport 1709 Feet
in Elevation Signs Sign is on the operations shack of beautiful mountain top historic sailplane port with glider flight viewing & rides. A park at the edge of the mountain offers wonderful views of: the valley, airplanes above & below, towns & E posted by: mars888 location: New York date approved: 08/14/2013 last visited: 05/15/2016 |
 view galleryN2.7 km |  Warren E. Eaton Motorless Flight Facility - Elmira, NY
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places "Harris Hill ...the first permanent site for the National Soaring Contests in the country." There is "an outstanding and well-preserved example of 1930s historic steel-truss hangar construction." posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 06/18/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryN2.9 km |  National Soaring Museum
in Wikipedia Entries Beautiful mountain top historic sailplane port with a large modern museum & glider flight viewing & rides. A park at the edge of the mountain offers wonderful views of: the valley, airplanes above & below, towns & Elmira International Airport. posted by: mars888 location: New York date approved: 08/15/2013 last visited: 05/15/2016 |
 view galleryN2.9 km |  Birds - National Soaring Museum, Elmira, NY
in Figurative Public Sculpture This sculpture is in front of the National Soaring Museum on Harris Hill in Elmira, NY. posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 05/22/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryN2.9 km | National Soaring Museum in Satellite Imagery Oddities "The National Soaring Museum preserves and presents the heritage of motorless flight, and promotes through education, a greater knowledge of soaring, aeronautics, and related physical sciences for everyone." posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 05/23/2018 last visited: never |
 view galleryN2.9 km |  National Soaring Museum - Elmira, NY
in Roadside Attractions "The NSM has had a long history, entwined with that of Harris Hill and its surrounding area." "The prominence of soaring in Elmira was established with the first thirteen national soaring contests, held here from 1930 to 1946. " posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 02/28/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE3.1 km |  Tanglewood Little Free Library - Elmira, NY
in Free Community Book Exchanges This Little Library has children's books in it. posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 06/03/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryN3.2 km |  Rufus Stanley Monument - Bas Relief - Harris Hill Park Top of Harris Hill, Big Flats, NY
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This stone is in a small park that has an overlook of the valley. posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 05/30/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryN3.2 km |  Harris Hill Overlook - Big Flats, NY
in Scenic Roadside Look-Outs This is known as the Harris Hill Overlook. There are swings at the edge overlooking the Chemung River Valley. There is also a large sculpture of a glider wing. If the gliders are flying you can watch them from here. posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 05/19/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryN3.2 km | Wing Pylon - Harris Hill Park, Big Flats, New York in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This is in a small park on Harris Hill that has an overlook of the valley. posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 05/30/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE4 km |  West Hill Fire Dept
in Firehouses West Hill is a small rural volunteer company. posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 05/23/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE4 km |  West Hill Community Club - Elmira, NY
in Municipal Community Centers "The official opening was July 4, 1933 with a picnic dinner followed by a square dance that extended well into the night. Music was furnished by "Woodhull’s Olde Tyme Masters." " posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 05/20/2016 last visited: never |
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|  Subway #53213 - Elmira, NY
in Subway Restaurants This store is where Water and Church Streets meet in West Elmira. posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 06/09/2016 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE4.2 km |  Welcome Elmira New York
in Welcome Signs This is a welcome to the Town of Elmira, A Great Place to Live. posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 06/18/2016 last visited: never |
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|  Runonvea - Big Flats, NY
in New York Historical Markers "Indians inhabited the Big Flats area with several camps; the largest of which was Runonvea. " posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 05/31/2016 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE4.8 km | Col. John Hendy - Elmira, NY in New York Historical Markers Col. John Hendy was in the Revolution and raised companies for the War of 1812. He was the first settler of Elmira having come up the river (Susquehanna and Chemung) from Wilkes Barre, PA in a canoe., - posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 06/19/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW5.1 km |  Big Flats Cemetery a.k.a. Miller Cemetery - Big Flats, NY
in Worldwide Cemeteries This is a small cemetery by the First Presbyterian Church. The graves are from the 1800s until current years. posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 06/17/2016 last visited: never |
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| West Elmira Volunteer Fire Dept. Inc. in Firehouses The West Elmira Volunteer Fire Department has 50 volunteers and 4 paid staff. posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 06/17/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryE5.1 km |  Bicentennial of Town of Elmira - Elmira, NY
in Community Commemoration Elmira was settled after the Revolutionary War. The canals and railroads built the area. There was an infamous Civil War prison camp. Mark Twain married a woman from Elmira and wrote many of his novels there. posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 06/15/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryE5.3 km |  CCLD West Elmira, NY
in Libraries This is a good looking friendly library with a geocache. posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 06/15/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryN5.5 km |  Big Flats Trail - Big Flats, NY
in Hiking and walking trailheads There is parking at Sperr Memorial Park which provides access to the trail in two directions. posted by: ripraff location: New York date approved: 06/18/2016 last visited: never |
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