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Bye Preserve

Bye Preserve from directly overhead

Bye Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 151 m. Bailey Mountain stands 299 m to the north, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Dorothy Heroy Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pound Ridge Land Conservancy

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.17760, -73.56397

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Gardens
  • Mehlquist Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Word Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Perennial Border: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
  • 911 Arch: 3.1 mi
  • Cottage Ruins: 5.4 mi
  • Waveny Mansion: 5.5 mi
  • Plaque for William Ward, Founder of the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation: 5.9 mi
  • Jordan's Memorial: 5.9 mi
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 5.3 mi
  • Samford Sign: 8.7 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 8.7 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 9.0 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 10.1 mi
Beaches
  • Weed Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Cummings Park Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 9.9 mi
  • West Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Commodore Beach: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 29
Waterfalls: 16
  • Farms Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Cascade: 7.5 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Cascade: 9.6 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 14
Picnic sites: 13
  • The Meadow: 3.7 mi
  • Pell Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 5.8 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 15.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 18.8 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 5.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 5.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 6.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bailey MountainN 4°299.314 m9.3 mi
West MountainNNE 13°285 m9.0 mi
Titicus MountainN 0°281 m9.9 mi
Ivy HillNNE 33°234 m8.8 mi
Mount AspetongNW 309°229 m5.5 mi
Prospect HillNNE 27°228 m8.1 mi
Guard HillWNW 285°226 m7.4 mi
Branchville HillNE 40°225 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1419647638

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