Penny Pond

Penny Pond is a pond in Town of Ithaca, Tompkins, New York. Penny Pond is situated nearby to Grandview Park, as well as near Hillside Alliance Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ford Observatory and Willard Straight Hall.

Ford Observatory

Observatory

The Clinton B. Ford Observatory is an astronomical observatory that is operated by the Ithaca College Department of Physics and Astronomy. The observatory is located in the forest on the south end of the Ithaca College campus in Ithaca, New York. Ford Observatory is situated 1½ miles southwest of Penny Pond.

Willard Straight Hall

Community center

Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Willard Straight Hall is the student union building on the central campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Conceived as a memorial to Willard Dickerman Straight, its construction was initiated by his widow, Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight, with the aim of enriching student life. Willard Straight Hall is situated 1½ miles northwest of Penny Pond.

Bailey Hall

Theater building

Photo: Notyourbroom, CC BY 3.0.

Bailey Hall is the largest auditorium at Cornell University, an Ivy League university in Ithaca, New York. The auditorium seats 1,300 people, and it is named for Liberty Hyde Bailey, the first dean of what is now Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Bailey Hall is situated 1½ miles north of Penny Pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Ithaca and Ithaca.

East Ithaca

Suburb

East Ithaca is a suburban community and CDP in Tompkins County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, East Ithaca had a population of 3,175. East Ithaca is a suburb of the City of Ithaca on its eastern city line and in the Town of Ithaca.

Ithaca

Photo: Harald, CC BY 2.0.

Ithaca is a small city in the Finger Lakes region of central New York, at the southern tip of Cayuga Lake. In addition to being the home of Cornell University and Ithaca College, Ithaca is known for its several gorges and waterfalls, small eclectic shops and restaurants, and deep interest in politics.

Forest Home

Hamlet

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Forest Home is a census-designated place in the town of Ithaca, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Forest Home had a population of 1,168. It is located immediately east of the Cornell University campus. Forest Home is situated 2 miles north of Penny Pond.

Penny Pond

Type: Pond
Category: body of water
Location: Town of Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.4257° or 42° 25′ 33″ north

Longitude

-76.46866° or 76° 28′ 7″ west

Open location code

87J5CGGJ+7G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 468549244

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=pond

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