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Bell-Blakely Preserve

Bell-Blakely Preserve from directly overhead

Bell-Blakely Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the east-northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Sporn Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Salem Open Land Foundation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.32002, -73.62863

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Joe Bohrdrum Field Park: 1.6 mi
  • Fox Valley Town Park: 1.8 mi
  • Bailey Park: 3.0 mi
  • Firemans Field: 3.3 mi
  • Bedford Audubon Society Park: 3.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 5.3 mi
  • greek letter pi: 11.2 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 11.7 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 12.5 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 15.4 mi
Gardens: 53
Beaches: 46
  • Mamanasco Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Mahopac Hills Beach: 7.8 mi
  • South Beach: 13.8 mi
Attractions: 21
Waterfalls: 12
  • Sheep Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Cascade: 10.9 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Cascade: 12.6 mi
  • Farms Falls: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 4.7 mi
  • Pell Hill: 5.0 mi
  • The Meadow: 14.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 19.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 7.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.8 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 7.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Bell-Blakely Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainENE 74°304 m7.6 mi
Bailey MountainE 98°299.314 m4.1 mi
Piano MountainW 280°299 m10.5 mi
Moses MountainENE 72°296 m8.9 mi
Senior HillWNW 299°292 m6.8 mi
Hitchcock HillNW 317°292 m8.7 mi
Watermelon HillWNW 303°290 m5.7 mi
Barlow MountainE 86°290 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2219:5020:32
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1815:4516:29

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1266983908

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