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Baxter Preserve, The Racetrack

Baxter Preserve, The Racetrack from directly overhead

Baxter Preserve, The Racetrack is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 144 m. Titicus Mountain stands 313 m to the north-northeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Baxter North, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Salem Opens Lands Foundation
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.33722, -73.58101

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
Parks
  • Mountain Lakes Park: 1.9 mi
  • Sturges Park: 2.5 mi
  • Mamanasco Cliffs: 2.7 mi
  • Mamanasco Lake Boat Launch: 3.4 mi
  • Sachem Park & Field: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 56
Beaches: 45
  • Mamanasco Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Mahopac Hills Beach: 9.3 mi
  • South Beach: 11.4 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Annunaki: 5.8 mi
  • greek letter pi: 8.5 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 9.0 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 9.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 13.1 mi
Attractions: 23
Waterfalls: 17
  • Saugatuck Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Cascade: 9.6 mi
  • Cascade: 10.9 mi
  • Lower Falls: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 5.4 mi
  • Pell Hill: 5.7 mi
  • The Meadow: 14.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 17.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 17.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 4.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.9 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 7.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Baxter Preserve, The Racetrack. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Titicus MountainNNE 25°313 m8.5 mi
Pine MountainENE 79°304 m4.9 mi
Bailey MountainSE 138°299.314 m2.3 mi
Browns MountainN 6°299 m9.7 mi
Moses MountainENE 75°296 m6.2 mi
Senior HillWNW 284°292 m8.7 mi
Hitchcock HillWNW 302°292 m9.8 mi
Barlow MountainE 100°290 m4.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2219:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1815:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1266531316

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