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California Road State Forest

California Road State Forest from directly overhead

California Road State Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 238 m. Sitz Mountain stands 655 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Lawrence Forest Preserve Detached Parcel, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Black River Trail passes 1.0 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.20658, -75.38621

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 29
Parks: 17
  • Gouveneur Village Park: 9.8 mi
  • Harry L. Mills Memorial Park: 9.9 mi
  • Monument Park: 10.9 mi
  • Oxbow Community Park: 13.0 mi
  • Yellow Lake Waterway Access: 13.9 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Basford Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Sinclair Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Twin Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Twin Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Flat Rock Falls: 20.3 mi
Museums: 9
Historic sites: 9
  • Old Iron Works: 8.8 mi
  • Grist Mill built in 1805: 16.3 mi
  • Rossie Mills: 17.8 mi
  • Rossie Mills: 17.8 mi
  • Russell Vetrans Memeorial: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Fort Drum MWR: 23.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of California Road State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sitz MountainSE 127°655 m24.0 mi
Alder Bed MountainSE 127°620 m20.8 mi
Panther MountainESE 118°611 m23.5 mi
Round HillESE 119°585 m20.4 mi
Twin MountainE 91°574 m23.0 mi
Maple MountainESE 102°569 m16.4 mi
Maple HillSE 124°560 m18.3 mi
Francis HillESE 118°552 m18.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3619:14
June solstice05:1920:0520:49
September equinox06:4918:2319:01
December solstice07:3515:3816:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161828425464686759473624
Precip in2.82.12.33.23.33.93.83.43.84.73.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gouverneur 3 NW, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/428667072

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