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Beaver Pond State Forest

Beaver Pond State Forest from directly overhead

Beaver Pond State Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 522 m. Crane Hill stands 708 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Page Pond Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.13968, -75.50937

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Oquaga Creek State Park: 5.0 mi
  • Warner Field: 6.9 mi
  • Firemen's Park: 7.0 mi
  • Kamp's Mohawk Field: 7.0 mi
  • Willis Smith Riverside Memorial Park: 7.1 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Home of Squire Zachariah Tarble: 5.7 mi
  • Colesville Branch: 5.9 mi
  • Site of the Prophet Trial: 6.2 mi
  • Joshia Stowell Home & Farm: 6.2 mi
  • Golf Driving Range: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 11
  • 16-17 mile marker from possible priesthood site: 7.5 mi
  • I Love NY Sculpture: 16.2 mi
  • The Skirmisher: 21.0 mi
  • George F. Johnson statue: 21.9 mi
  • Dickinson Object: 23.6 mi
Museums: 7
  • Deposit Historical Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Bainbridge Museum: 10.6 mi
  • Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 17.2 mi
  • Chenango School House Museums: 18.1 mi
  • Phelps Mansion: 20.5 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 12.9 mi
  • Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood: 14.6 mi
  • All Veterans Memorial: 18.6 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 21.0 mi
  • Castle Creek Memorial: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 3
  • Spencer Spring: 19.2 mi
  • The Salt Spring: 24.1 mi
  • Salt Springs: 24.1 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Laurel Ave Community Garden: 21.8 mi
  • Outdoor Biological Research Facility: 24.4 mi
  • Campus Garden: 24.7 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Beaver Pond State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crane HillE 90°708 m16.4 mi
Tower MountainE 98°707 m14.7 mi
Loomis MountainENE 69°689 m17.0 mi
Gallop HillENE 63°685 m17.4 mi
Clabber PeakE 93°656 m11.8 mi
Carroll HillENE 74°655 m11.3 mi
Walton MountainE 83°654 m16.0 mi
Couse HillENE 56°641 m14.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3719:14
June solstice05:2720:0020:42
September equinox06:5018:2419:01
December solstice07:2815:4916:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475866716962513930
Precip in3.12.53.64.04.44.24.54.24.74.33.23.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deposit, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/429071384

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