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Durand Preserve

Durand Preserve from directly overhead

Durand Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Titicus Mountain stands 313 m to the north-northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hammond Museum, a museum 0.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Salem Open Land Foundation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.33121, -73.59522

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Mountain Lakes Park: 2.2 mi
  • Sturges Park: 2.9 mi
  • Joe Bohrdrum Field Park: 2.9 mi
  • Mamanasco Cliffs: 3.3 mi
  • Fox Valley Town Park: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 56
Beaches: 44
  • Mamanasco Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Mahopac Hills Beach: 8.8 mi
  • South Beach: 12.2 mi
Artworks: 39
  • Annunaki: 5.5 mi
  • greek letter pi: 9.3 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 9.8 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 10.7 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 13.8 mi
Attractions: 23
Waterfalls: 16
  • Sheep Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Cascade: 9.9 mi
  • Cascade: 11.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 5.0 mi
  • Pell Hill: 5.3 mi
  • The Meadow: 14.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 18.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 5.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.8 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 16.3 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 16.4 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 7.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Durand Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Titicus MountainNNE 28°313 m9.2 mi
Pine MountainENE 76°304 m5.7 mi
Bailey MountainESE 120°299.314 m2.6 mi
Browns MountainN 10°299 m10.2 mi
Moses MountainENE 73°296 m7.0 mi
Senior HillWNW 288°292 m8.1 mi
Hitchcock HillNW 306°292 m9.4 mi
Barlow MountainE 94°290 m5.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2219:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1815:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1422566942

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