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Bishop Nature Preserve

Bishop Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Bishop Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. Stid Hill stands 635 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Clark Street Park, a park 1.9 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 9.0 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Finger Lakes Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates42.87406, -76.92975

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Clark Street Park: 1.9 mi
  • Gulvin Park: 2.3 mi
  • Lakefront Park: 2.3 mi
  • Bi-Centennial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Neider Park: 2.7 mi
Peaks: 51
Historic sites: 29
  • Cayuga - Seneca Canal: 2.4 mi
  • American Civil War Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument: 7.3 mi
  • Lyons Aqueduct: 13.6 mi
  • Lyons Aqueduct: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Finger Lakes Welcome Center: 2.4 mi
  • Site of the Whitmer Red Schoolhouse: 3.2 mi
  • Cayuga Lake (Thomas B. Marsh): 10.3 mi
  • Birth place of Zebedee Coltrin: 14.7 mi
  • Vienna rd: 18.0 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 15
Artworks: 13
Waterfalls: 5
  • Hosmer Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Oak Tree Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Silver Thread Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 21.0 mi
  • Wolcott Falls: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 16.9 mi
  • Kershaw Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Glenwood Beach: 21.5 mi
  • Bristol Harbour Beach: 22.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Klippel Spring: 17.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bishop Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stid HillWSW 249°635 m24.8 mi
South HillWSW 239°575 m23.4 mi
Johnson HillWSW 253°538 m23.3 mi
East HillSW 231°488 m22.3 mi
Butcher HillSSE 162°482 m22.7 mi
Bare HillWSW 244°470 m21.6 mi
Sprout HillS 188°428 m23.0 mi
The PinnacleSSW 210°416 m21.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4319:20
June solstice05:3020:0720:51
September equinox06:5618:3019:07
December solstice07:3615:5116:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232532445766706861503929
Precip in1.81.62.42.83.33.63.73.53.33.82.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Geneva Rsch Farm, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/675573788

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