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Canandaigua Vista Nature Preserve

Canandaigua Vista Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Canandaigua Vista Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 454 m. Frost Hill stands 696 m to the southwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnson Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 28 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Finger Lakes Land Trust
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.79315, -77.35291

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 4-H Camp Bristol Hills: 1.6 mi
  • Stid Hill Multiple Use Area - North Entrance: 3.3 mi
  • Stid Hill South Entrance: 4.9 mi
  • Deep Run Beach: 5.1 mi
  • West Lake School House and Beach: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 48
Attractions: 38
  • Bristol Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Roswell Murray home site: 12.6 mi
  • Solomon F. Kimball Home: 13.8 mi
  • Jhon P. Green: 14.0 mi
  • Heber C. Kimball: 14.0 mi
Museums: 26
Artworks: 22
  • FLTG Golfball: 15.8 mi
  • Cornplanter: 17.7 mi
  • Elmer: 18.7 mi
  • William Smith Sculpture: 19.0 mi
  • 'The Scissors' Sculpture: 19.2 mi
Gardens: 18
  • North Entrance/Exit Lane Employee Parking Side Turf Area: 7.5 mi
  • Noth Entrance/Exit Lane Turf Area Customer Parking Area: 7.5 mi
  • Windscreen Island #6: 7.6 mi
  • Windscreen Island #5: 7.6 mi
  • Windscreen Island #4: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Upper Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Reynolds Gully Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Honeoye Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Triphammer Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Fall Brook Falls: 24.2 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Bristol Harbour Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Kershaw Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Geneseo Rest Area: 24.6 mi
  • Mount Morris Rest Area: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Canandaigua Vista Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frost HillSW 219°696 m7.3 mi
Gannett HillSSW 204°690 m7.0 mi
Cleveland HillSSW 204°671 m8.8 mi
Canadice HillSW 227°671 m11.6 mi
Worden HillSW 221°666 m5.7 mi
High Point HillSSW 205°659 m11.2 mi
Quail HillSW 228°654 m7.2 mi
West HillS 180°647 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:22
June solstice05:3220:0920:52
September equinox06:5718:3119:09
December solstice07:3815:5316:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252734455867727064524131
Precip in1.91.82.63.23.13.64.13.33.13.52.62.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canandaigua 3 S, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1238770892

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