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Chestnut Hill Preserve

Chestnut Hill Preserve from directly overhead

Chestnut Hill Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 451 m. Misery Mountain stands 793 m to the east-northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Turner Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Mount Greylock Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Rensselaer Plateau Alliance

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.55403, -73.45080

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Cherry Plain State Park: 4.9 mi
  • Shatford Memorial Park: 6.4 mi
  • Shatford Memorial Park: 6.4 mi
  • Wachoosik Park: 7.9 mi
  • Japanese Knotweed: 8.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 54
Artworks: 53
  • Courtyard by Marriott: 15.1 mi
  • Valatie Santa Claus: 15.2 mi
  • Copland Sculpture: 15.7 mi
  • Thomas Schütte Crystal: 15.8 mi
  • Jenny Holzer Benches: 16.0 mi
Attractions: 33
  • Mountain Coaster: 8.1 mi
  • Sentinels: 11.9 mi
  • Grandfather Rock: 12.3 mi
  • concrete bases: 14.4 mi
  • balanced rock: 14.6 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Hoags Corners Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Wynants Kill Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Barberville Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Haley Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Deer Hill Falls: 14.2 mi
Gardens: 30
Cliffs: 9
Beaches: 4
Springs: 2
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 9.0 mi
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 16.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 12.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 17.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Chestnut Hill Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Misery MountainENE 57°793 m8.1 mi
Beoadic MountainENE 78°792 m9.2 mi
East MountainENE 72°791 m9.6 mi
Sheeps Heaven MountainE 80°770 m9.0 mi
Widow Whites PeakE 92°737 m9.2 mi
Jiminy PeakE 95°726 m8.4 mi
Honwee MountainESE 112°698 m8.0 mi
Rounds MountainE 80°685 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1719:5320:36
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:2115:3816:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432455664696760483828
Precip in2.72.53.13.43.84.64.23.84.54.63.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pittsfield Muni AP, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1427446925

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