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Canoga Marsh Wildlife Management Area

Canoga Marsh Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Canoga Marsh Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 117 m. Butcher Hill stands 482 m to the south, 21 miles off. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates42.86459, -76.74122

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cayuga Lake State Park: 2.3 mi
  • Frontenac Park: 2.7 mi
  • McIntosh Park: 3.9 mi
  • Suffrage Park: 4.2 mi
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton Park: 4.3 mi
Peaks: 37
Historic sites: 27
  • The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument: 4.1 mi
  • American Civil War Memorial: 6.7 mi
  • Auburn Roundhouse: 9.3 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Richmond Aqeuduct: 10.0 mi
  • Richmond Aqeuduct: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Cayuga Lake (Thomas B. Marsh): 2.4 mi
  • Site of the Whitmer Red Schoolhouse: 6.5 mi
  • Harriet Tubman Gravesite: 9.5 mi
  • Finger Lakes Welcome Center: 11.9 mi
  • Birth place of Zebedee Coltrin: 13.6 mi
Artworks: 13
  • Tom Caughlin Mural: 6.8 mi
  • Early History of Waterloo Mural: 6.8 mi
  • Oak Island Rock Sculpture: 6.9 mi
  • Herons: 7.1 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Hosmer Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Oak Tree Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Silver Thread Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Guppy Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Upper Carpenter Falls: 20.5 mi
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 1
Springs: 1
  • Klippel Spring: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Canoga Marsh Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Butcher HillS 187°482 m21.1 mi
Jewett HillSE 127°440 m18.9 mi
Oak HillESE 115°409 m17.9 mi
Miller HillSE 141°368 m15.0 mi
Bennett HillSE 140°367 m13.9 mi
Howlett HillENE 68°344 m24.6 mi
Lobdell HillSE 145°336 m22.5 mi
Baker HillENE 67°330 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4219:19
June solstice05:2920:0720:50
September equinox06:5518:2919:06
December solstice07:3515:5016:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242533455766706962514030
Precip in2.11.92.63.33.13.83.83.43.83.82.92.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aurora Rsch Farm, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11954620823

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