Glenwood Lake

Glenwood Lake is a reservoir in Orleans County, Niagara Frontier, New York. Glenwood Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Ridgeway, as well as near Shelby Basin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boxwood Cemetery and Bent’s Opera House.

Boxwood Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Steven Hamsness, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Boxwood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at Medina in Orleans County, New York. The cemetery was established in 1849, and is the resting place of many early settlers.

Bent’s Opera House

Historic building

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Bent's Opera House, also known as Bent's Hall, is a three-story building located at 444 Main Street in Medina, New York, in the United States. The building is made of Medina Sandstone and features an opera house on the top floor.

Medina Railroad Museum

Museum

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The Medina Railroad Museum is a railroad museum located at 530 West Avenue in Medina, New York, which is northeast of Buffalo and northwest of Rochester.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Medina and Ridgeway.

Medina

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Medina is a village in the towns of Shelby and Ridgeway in Orleans County, New York, United States. It is located approximately 10 miles south of Lake Ontario.

Ridgeway

Hamlet

Ridgeway is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 6,886 at the 2000 census. The name of the town is derived from "Ridge Road," an important highway in the 19th century. Ridgeway is situated 2½ miles north of Glenwood Lake.

Millville

Hamlet

Millville is a hamlet in the town of Shelby in Orleans County, New York, United States. First settled in the mid-1810s, Millville grew as a result of the mills located there to tap the abundant water available in the three streams that run through the hamlet. Millville is situated 3½ miles southeast of Glenwood Lake.

Glenwood Lake

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Orleans County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.23311° or 43° 13′ 59″ north

Longitude

-78.38866° or 78° 23′ 19″ west

Elevation

453 feet (138 metres)

Open location code

87M36JM6+6G

GeoNames ID

5118728

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