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Deer Lick Conservation Area

Deer Lick Conservation Area from directly overhead

Deer Lick Conservation Area is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 335 m. Shutts Hill stands 733 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Melissa's Spring, a spring 0.2 miles away. Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
The Nature Conservancy
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.41822, -78.89078

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gateway Park: 3.2 mi
  • Chang Hu Park: 4.0 mi
  • Creekside Park: 4.1 mi
  • Saint John Park: 4.1 mi
  • Cattaraugus Creek Waterway Access: 4.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 15
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 18.0 mi
  • Ellington Town Bell: 18.0 mi
  • Salamanca Railyard: 19.9 mi
  • Old Salamanca Train Station: 20.0 mi
  • BR&P East Salamanca roundhouse: 20.3 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Yoga amazon: 10.5 mi
  • Amazon: 10.5 mi
  • Reclining amazon: 10.5 mi
  • Castle Tower: 10.5 mi
  • The Bathers: 10.5 mi
Museums: 11
  • South Dayton Depot Movie and Rail Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Schoolhouse #8 History Center & Museum: 12.6 mi
  • Warner Museum: 13.2 mi
  • Concord Mercantile/ Heritage Building: 13.2 mi
  • Ellicottville Historical Museum: 14.9 mi
Beaches: 10
Attractions: 10
  • Boundary: 8.9 mi
  • Griffis Sculpture Park: Mill Valley Road site: 10.6 mi
  • Griffis Sculpture Park: Rohr Hill site: 10.8 mi
  • Cattaraugus County Fair: 12.0 mi
  • Graycliff: 20.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Springs: 1
  • Melissa's Spring: 0.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Deer Lick Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shutts HillSSE 167°733 m14.6 mi
McCarty HillSE 138°710 m15.1 mi
Parker HillS 176°708 m17.9 mi
Lindell LookoutSSE 149°707 m17.5 mi
Poverty HillSE 127°706 m12.4 mi
Watson HillSE 138°697 m11.8 mi
Fish HillSE 139°697 m13.1 mi
Laidlaw HillESE 117°697 m22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5119:28
June solstice05:3920:1420:57
September equinox07:0418:3819:15
December solstice07:4216:0116:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533445766696861493929
Precip in4.94.23.84.03.74.23.74.55.05.34.85.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Perrysburg, 7 mi away.

  • eastern hemlock37 obs
  • American tuliptree34 obs
  • chestnut oak32 obs
  • American Toad25 obs
  • northern maidenhair fern23 obs
  • great blue lobelia22 obs
  • Christmas fern21 obs
  • purple-flowered raspberry19 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1150168652

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