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Cranberry Lake Preserve

Cranberry Lake Preserve from directly overhead

Cranberry Lake Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 114 m. Turkey Mountain stands 253 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is The Rising, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 0.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Westchester County Department of Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.07582, -73.75525

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Kennelwood Hill: 0.6 mi
  • High Point: 1.5 mi
  • Cooney Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Reynolds Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Buttermilk Hill: 3.8 mi
Parks
  • Kensico Dam Plaza: 0.7 mi
  • Davis Brook Park: 0.9 mi
  • Miller Hill Park: 1.5 mi
  • Silver Lake Park: 1.8 mi
  • Travis Hill Park: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Cliffs
Gardens
  • Stream Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 4.1 mi
  • Birch Grove: 4.1 mi
  • Fall Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Japanese Iris Garden: 4.2 mi
Attractions
Artworks
  • Current: 5.7 mi
  • Converging Vistas: 5.7 mi
  • Untitled, for Imre Lendvai: 5.8 mi
  • Great Hunger Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • José Martí: 6.6 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 22
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 8.8 mi
  • The Meadow: 11.4 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 12.3 mi
  • Pell Hill: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Farms Falls: 8.0 mi
  • The Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Cascade: 19.7 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Cascade: 21.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 14.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 14.7 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 22.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 18.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Cranberry Lake Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey MountainN 349°253 m12.1 mi
High TorNW 305°244 m13.4 mi
Dickerson MountainNNW 335°237 m13.9 mi
French HillN 351°236 m13.4 mi
Mount AspetongNNE 28°229 m11.9 mi
Guard HillNNE 17°226 m9.4 mi
Fox HillNE 35°223 m14.9 mi
Cat HillN 356°221 m12.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:5020:32
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265544435
Precip in3.22.54.14.23.94.34.14.44.94.33.64.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1030728534

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