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Hudson Highlands Nature Center - Wildlife Education Campus

Hudson Highlands Nature Center - Wildlife Education Campus from directly overhead

Hudson Highlands Nature Center - Wildlife Education Campus is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 66 m. Schunnemunk Mountain stands 507 m to the west-southwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Roe Park, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Hudson Highlands Nature Center
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates41.43697, -74.01622

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Roe Park: 0.1 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 5.7 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 5.9 mi
  • Hudson Highlands Land Trust: 6.0 mi
  • Garrison School Forest: 6.3 mi
Historic sites
Parks
Peaks
  • Butter Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Deer Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Storm King Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Sloop Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Whitehorse Mountain: 1.6 mi
Artworks
Cliffs
  • Eagle Cliff: 3.6 mi
  • Hell Hole: 7.9 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 13.8 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 17.5 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 18.3 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Haldane School Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Boscobel Gardens: 4.3 mi
  • West Coast: 15.8 mi
  • Las Vegas: 15.8 mi
  • Middle America: 15.8 mi
Museums: 39
Attractions: 33
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 10.9 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 11.0 mi
  • Bowling Rocks: 14.5 mi
  • Rogue Riders: 15.8 mi
  • Ocean Explorer: 15.8 mi
Beaches: 11
Waterfalls: 8
  • LG waterfall: 16.8 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Awosting Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Verkeerderkill Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Saw Mill Falls: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 14.8 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Hudson Highlands Nature Center - Wildlife Education Campus. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Schunnemunk MountainWSW 239°507 m6.1 mi
South Beacon MountainNE 50°491 m4.8 mi
North Beacon MountainNE 46°465 m5.1 mi
Bald HillNE 49°456 m6.8 mi
Lambs HillNE 48°454 m6.1 mi
Spy RockS 185°441 m3.2 mi
Bull HillE 88°433 m3.1 mi
Crows NestSE 139°429 m2.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2319:5220:34
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:2015:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506170757466554434
Precip in3.82.94.04.03.84.64.65.04.65.34.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/459395050

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