Carpenter Falls Unique Area
Carpenter Falls Unique Area is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 374 m. Morgan Hill stands 618 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Carpenter Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Scenic Route 90 passes 11 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
How to reach it
- 11.3 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 13.1 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 17.3 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 23 mi
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Otisco Lake Waterway Access: 5.3 mi
- Otisco Lake Park: 5.8 mi
- Owasco Lake Water Access: 7.7 mi
- Otisco Town Park: 8.0 mi
- Ether Fuller Memorial Park: 8.1 mi
- Ripley Hill: 5.4 mi
- Oak Hill: 5.8 mi
- Gifford Hill: 7.5 mi
- Vesper Hill: 7.6 mi
- Preble Hill: 8.1 mi
- Bahar Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
- High Hickory Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
- Cora Kampfe Dickinson Conservation Area: 3.4 mi
- Otisco Lake Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Frozen Ocean State Forest: 4.0 mi
- Snyder Bridge Dedication Plaque: 11.3 mi
- Marcellus Veterans Memorial: 11.6 mi
- Marcellus Veterans Memorials: 11.7 mi
- Auburn Roundhouse: 14.5 mi
- Split Rock Rock Crusher: 15.4 mi
- Steadman House: 11.9 mi
- Harriet Tubman Visitor Center & Tubman Home for the Aged: 13.1 mi
- Harriet Tubman Residence: 13.1 mi
- Seward House Museum: 13.9 mi
- Cayuga Museum of History and Art: 14.2 mi
- Upper Carpenter Falls: 0.2 mi
- Lower Carpenter Falls: 0.3 mi
- Bucktail Falls: 5.1 mi
- Fellows Falls: 9.3 mi
- Guppy Falls: 10.9 mi
- William Seward: 13.8 mi
- Harriet Tubman: 13.9 mi
- Mountain Goat: 17.2 mi
- Tipperary Hill Heritage Memorial: 17.9 mi
- Ernie Davis: 18.6 mi
- Leonard Property: 13.2 mi
- James Pass Arboretum: 17.6 mi
- South Side Garden: 17.8 mi
- Bitternut Collective Permaculture Kitchen Garden: 18.1 mi
- Morningside Community Garden: 18.5 mi
- Millard Fillmore's Cabin: 8.8 mi
- Old Dam: 11.3 mi
- Harriet Tubman Gravesite: 13.8 mi
- Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center: 18.7 mi
- New York State Fairgrounds: 19.0 mi
- Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Willow Bay: 21.5 mi
- Galster Pavilion: 21.8 mi
- Cedar Bay Pavilion: 22.1 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 22.5 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 8.8 mi
- Jamesville Beach: 17.4 mi
- Preble: 12.0 mi
- Dorwin Springs: 15.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Carpenter Falls Unique Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Hill | E 96° | 618 m | 17.8 mi |
| Truxton Hill | ESE 106° | 616 m | 14.1 mi |
| Fellows Hill | E 91° | 611 m | 16.3 mi |
| Labrador Hill | E 100° | 606 m | 14.6 mi |
| Bull Hill | ESE 113° | 605 m | 21.9 mi |
| Ripley Hill | ESE 108° | 604 m | 5.4 mi |
| Jones Hill | E 95° | 598 m | 15.2 mi |
| Pease Hill | ESE 110° | 593 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:49 | 16:35 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auburn, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/429790845
Day trips start here
- Skaneateles · 10 mi
- Auburn · 14 mi
- Cortland · 17 mi
- Syracuse · 19 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 20 mi
- Weedsport · 20 mi
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