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Bobell State Forest

Bobell State Forest from directly overhead

Bobell State Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 490 m. Burnside Hill stands 623 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bobell Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.28478, -75.68228

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Gaius M. Cook Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
  • Lyon's Park: 5.0 mi
  • Ball Flats Park: 5.3 mi
  • Nathaniel Cole Park: 9.7 mi
  • William S. Payne Memorial Park: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Cook Park: 3.9 mi
  • Joshia Stowell Home & Farm: 7.2 mi
  • Golf Driving Range: 7.4 mi
  • Colesville Branch: 7.8 mi
  • Site of the Prophet Trial: 8.9 mi
Artworks: 12
  • 16-17 mile marker from possible priesthood site: 12.4 mi
  • The Skirmisher: 17.8 mi
  • George F. Johnson statue: 18.2 mi
  • I Love NY Sculpture: 19.0 mi
  • Dickinson Object: 19.9 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • All Veterans Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • Castle Creek Memorial: 12.7 mi
  • Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 14.3 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 17.5 mi
  • Harry L. Johnson Memorial: 18.1 mi
Museums: 9
Rest areas: 3
Gardens: 3
  • Laurel Ave Community Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Outdoor Biological Research Facility: 20.6 mi
  • Campus Garden: 21.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Bobell State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burnside HillESE 117°623 m17.5 mi
Michigan HillESE 123°621 m18.9 mi
Page Pond HillSE 135°612 m13.5 mi
Pine HillE 90°612 m17.3 mi
Berry HillN 359°598 m18.3 mi
Tarbell HillSE 142°580 m19.0 mi
Sidney MountainE 92°570 m15.2 mi
Shumway HillNE 43°548 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3819:15
June solstice05:2720:0120:44
September equinox06:5118:2519:02
December solstice07:2915:4916:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242432455664696861503929
Precip in2.62.33.13.53.54.43.94.44.03.83.02.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitney PT DAM, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/428575948

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