Botsford Nature Preserve
Botsford Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 262 m. Frost Hill stands 696 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is The Pinnacle, a peak 2.3 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Finger Lakes Land Trust
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 21.7 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 24.8 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Pinnacle: 2.3 mi
- East Hill: 6.0 mi
- West Italy Hill: 7.3 mi
- Lazarus Hill: 9.2 mi
- South Hill: 9.3 mi
- Red Jacket Park: 5.6 mi
- Prattsburgh Village Square Park: 9.4 mi
- Naples Community Park: 10.9 mi
- Naples City Hall Park: 11.7 mi
- Grimes Glen: 12.4 mi
- West River Preserve: 8.8 mi
- High Tor Wildlife Management Area - Clark Gully: 8.8 mi
- High Tor Wildlife Management Area - Parrish Gully: 9.2 mi
- Great Hill Nature Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Great Hill Nature Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Windscreen Island #1: 17.6 mi
- Windscreen Island #2: 17.7 mi
- Windscreen Island #3: 17.7 mi
- Inner Parking Lot Bed (Lane #1): 17.7 mi
- Windscreen Island #3: 17.7 mi
- Yates County History Center: 6.2 mi
- Narcissa Prentiss House: 9.3 mi
- Robert Green Ingersoll Birthplace Museum: 11.5 mi
- Greyton H. Taylor Wine Museum: 13.8 mi
- Glenn H. Curtiss Museum: 16.2 mi
- Upper Falls: 13.3 mi
- Silver Thread Falls: 15.9 mi
- Hectors Falls: 21.2 mi
- Reynolds Gully Falls: 21.5 mi
- Hosmer Falls: 22.2 mi
- Bristol Mountain: 14.4 mi
- Rue Claire Lavender Farm and Artisan Chocolate: 16.3 mi
- Muddy Fingers Farm: 17.6 mi
- Birth place of Zebedee Coltrin: 18.0 mi
- Finger Lakes Welcome Center: 19.4 mi
- Cornplanter: 5.6 mi
- William Smith Sculpture: 18.3 mi
- 'The Scissors' Sculpture: 18.4 mi
- Elizabeth Blackwell Sculpture: 18.4 mi
- I♥NY: 19.3 mi
- Castle Point: 13.4 mi
- The Jumpoff: 13.8 mi
- High Point: 13.8 mi
- Hi Banks: 17.9 mi
- Mossy Bank: 22.3 mi
- Curtis Memorial: 15.8 mi
- Peter James Cannon Memorial Rock: 18.1 mi
- Roundhouse: 18.9 mi
- Cayuga - Seneca Canal: 19.3 mi
- Bloomfield Civil War Monument: 22.8 mi
- Bristol Harbour Beach: 11.8 mi
- Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 17.7 mi
- Kershaw Beach: 17.7 mi
- Kanona Rest Area: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Botsford Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frost Hill | WNW 293° | 696 m | 15.0 mi |
| Gannett Hill | WNW 292° | 690 m | 13.1 mi |
| Cleveland Hill | WNW 285° | 671 m | 13.4 mi |
| Canadice Hill | WNW 281° | 671 m | 18.2 mi |
| Worden Hill | WNW 299° | 666 m | 14.8 mi |
| High Point Hill | W 275° | 659 m | 14.0 mi |
| Quail Hill | WNW 294° | 654 m | 16.0 mi |
| Potter Hill | WSW 240° | 653 m | 21.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:44 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:08 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:53 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Penn YAN AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1240909349
Day trips start here
- Finger Lakes · 15 mi
- Canandaigua · 19 mi
- Geneva · 19 mi
- Watkins Glen · 23 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 26 mi
- Farmington · 26 mi
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