Cayuga Shores Wildlife Management Area
Cayuga Shores Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 150 m. Connecticut Hill stands 638 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Frontenac Falls, a waterfall 4.3 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- NYSDEC
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 3.3 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 6 mi
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hector Land Use Area US Forest Service: 6.1 mi
- Myers Park: 7.2 mi
- Jacksonville Community Park: 7.4 mi
- Long Point State Park (Finger Lakes): 7.7 mi
- Ned Hickey Park: 11.8 mi
- Miller Hill: 6.9 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 7.3 mi
- Bennett Hill: 7.5 mi
- Lobdell Hill: 7.8 mi
- Butcher Hill: 8.5 mi
- Sims-Jennings Preserve at Cayuga Cliffs: 5.2 mi
- Taughannock Falls State Park: 5.5 mi
- Whitlock Nature Preserve: 9.1 mi
- VanRiper Conservation Area: 9.2 mi
- VanRiper Conservation Area: 9.4 mi
- Frontenac Falls: 4.3 mi
- Taughannock Falls: 5.7 mi
- Oak Tree Falls: 6.2 mi
- Ludlowville Falls: 6.7 mi
- Hosmer Falls: 7.0 mi
- Interlaken Historical Society Farmers Museum: 4.4 mi
- Interlaken Historical Society Community Life Museum: 4.4 mi
- Ulysses Historical Society: 5.6 mi
- Cayuga Nature Center: 7.9 mi
- Field School House: 8.8 mi
- Remembrance Farm: 6.3 mi
- Steel Deck Bridge: 6.7 mi
- Fire hydrant: 6.7 mi
- Tree Service: 6.8 mi
- Hunt's Christmas Tree Farm In The Finger Lakes: 8.3 mi
- Ithaca Children's Garden: 13.3 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 13.4 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 13.4 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 13.4 mi
- Farrand Garden: 14.1 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 14.0 mi
- Cornplanter: 21.7 mi
- William Seward: 21.9 mi
- Harriet Tubman: 22.0 mi
- Oak Island Rock Sculpture: 22.9 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 6.7 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 8.8 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 13.9 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 14.0 mi
- The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument: 21.7 mi
- Castle Point: 14.3 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 15.5 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 20.8 mi
- Hi Banks: 20.9 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 24.2 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 14.8 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 15.2 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Cayuga Shores Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Hill | S 186° | 638 m | 15.9 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | ESE 123° | 612 m | 21.4 mi |
| Ripley Hill | ENE 59° | 604 m | 23.5 mi |
| Irish Hill | S 182° | 599 m | 23.8 mi |
| Hammond Hill | SE 126° | 598 m | 21.6 mi |
| Doll Hill | S 181° | 596 m | 18.9 mi |
| Buck Hill | S 188° | 594 m | 15.1 mi |
| Beam Hill | ESE 122° | 594 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:06 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:51 | 16:37 |
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 | 24 | 25 | 33 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aurora Rsch Farm, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1272629129
Day trips start here
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 2 mi
- Trumansburg · 5 mi
- Ithaca · 14 mi
- Watkins Glen · 20 mi
- Auburn · 22 mi
- Finger Lakes · 22 mi
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