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Druid Ruins

Druid Ruins from directly overhead

Druid Ruins is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Bald Hill stands 184 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Rosemary Farm Ruins, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.90672, -73.47821

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Gardens
Parks
  • West Neck Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Lloyd Harbor Village Park: 0.5 mi
  • Gold Star Battalion Park: 2.4 mi
  • Cold Spring Harbor Park: 2.7 mi
  • Centre Island Beach Park: 2.9 mi
Beaches
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Sagamore Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 2.3 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 4.1 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 4.5 mi
  • West Hills: 6.7 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 30
  • Upper Education Area: 3.0 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 6.6 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 7
  • Farms Falls: 16.7 mi
  • The Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Cascade: 23.2 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Cascade: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 11.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 14.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Druid Ruins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillN 0°184 m21.2 mi
Reynolds HillNW 312°180 m20.5 mi
Round HillNW 323°172 m17.0 mi
Cooney HillNW 315°170 m18.9 mi
Comstock KnollN 2°164 m20.7 mi
Kennelwood HillNW 307°156 m18.3 mi
Huckleberry HillsN 0°141 m19.6 mi
Canoe HillN 360°140 m17.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4820:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339506069757367564637
Precip in3.73.14.24.13.94.33.84.34.74.33.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1494488140

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