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Barbara Johnson Preserve

Barbara Johnson Preserve from directly overhead

Barbara Johnson Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Baxter Pond Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
County of Nassau
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.83325, -73.69632

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 0.2 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Beacon Hill Residences Beach: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Colonial Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Freddy's Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Bird and Butterfly Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Formal Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Greentree Walled Garden: 3.3 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Harbor Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Queens High Point: 5.4 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 8.4 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 8.6 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 10.8 mi
Attractions
  • Tillotson Steps: 8.2 mi
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 8.9 mi
  • Circle Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Pinetum: 8.9 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 8.9 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 9.2 mi
  • Lindens B: 9.4 mi
  • West Lindens: 9.4 mi
  • Lindens A: 9.4 mi
  • North Maples: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 8.4 mi
  • The Loch: 14.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.5 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 20.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Barbara Johnson Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNNW 343°211 m20.1 mi
Mount NeboNW 321°208 m19.2 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 349°180 m19.2 mi
Round HillN 4°172 m18.7 mi
Cooney HillN 354°170 m18.6 mi
Kennelwood HillN 349°156 m16.5 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 336°147 m19.3 mi
Beaver HillNNW 337°140 m17.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343642536373787770584839
Precip in3.73.24.43.94.14.64.44.84.64.13.44.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1524059268

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