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Agatha A. Durland Scout Reservation

Agatha A. Durland Scout Reservation from directly overhead

Agatha A. Durland Scout Reservation is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 234 m. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Candlewood Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Boy Scouts of America, Westchester-Putnam Council

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.41923, -73.84271

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • chimney: 2.6 mi
  • Connecticut Line: 5.1 mi
  • Boring Mill Backshot Wheel: 5.4 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Kosciuszko Monument: 5.9 mi
Parks
  • Fahnestock Winter Park: 3.7 mi
  • Mahopac Airport Park: 4.7 mi
  • Leonard Wagner aka Putnam Valley Town Park: 4.9 mi
  • Nelsonville Park: 5.5 mi
  • Blacktop: 5.8 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 53
  • Boscobel Gardens: 5.0 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 11.3 mi
  • Garden: 13.4 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 14.6 mi
Museums: 43
Attractions: 34
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 8
  • Upper Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 17.2 mi
  • LG waterfall: 18.1 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Farms Falls: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 10.8 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 10.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 16.9 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 20.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Agatha A. Durland Scout Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Beacon MountainNW 309°491 m6.8 mi
North Beacon MountainNW 312°465 m7.1 mi
Bald HillNW 326°456 m6.9 mi
Lambs HillNW 320°454 m6.9 mi
Bull HillWNW 283°433 m6.0 mi
Crows NestW 264°429 m7.3 mi
Rattlesnake HillW 259°429 m8.6 mi
Butter HillW 274°420 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2319:5120:33
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1915:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727264534233
Precip in3.63.04.43.94.34.54.74.34.64.63.74.8

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

Wildlife nearby
  • mountain laurel36 obs
  • striped wintergreen34 obs
  • Spongy Moth29 obs
  • Ghost Pipe27 obs
  • Eastern Teaberry25 obs
  • Eastern Newt22 obs
  • Canada mayflower22 obs
  • sassafras18 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/511305144

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