East Ithaca Nature Preserve
East Ithaca Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 300 m. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Tudor Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Ithaca
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 15.1 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 4 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tudor Park: 0.2 mi
- Hungerford Heights Park: 0.5 mi
- Grandview Park: 0.5 mi
- Eastern Heights Park: 0.5 mi
- Strawberry Fields: 1.2 mi
- Hungerford Hill: 0.6 mi
- Comstock Knoll: 1.9 mi
- Turkey Hill: 2.6 mi
- Snyder Hill: 3.0 mi
- Steventown Hill: 3.7 mi
- Pine Tree Wildlife Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Reynolds Game Farm: 1.4 mi
- Cascadilla Gorge: 1.9 mi
- Ellis Hollow Park: 2.3 mi
- South Hill Natural Area West: 2.5 mi
- Potter's Falls: 0.4 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 2.2 mi
- Rocky Falls: 2.3 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 2.4 mi
- Ithaca Falls: 2.6 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 2.2 mi
- Sciencenter: 2.9 mi
- Museum of the Earth: 4.9 mi
- Field School House: 8.1 mi
- Cayuga Nature Center: 8.2 mi
- Incodema: 2.4 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 5.0 mi
- Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 6.5 mi
- Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 7.4 mi
- Rt 96 Self Storage: 8.0 mi
- Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden: 1.7 mi
- Minn's Garden: 1.9 mi
- Student Centennial Garden: 1.9 mi
- Deans Garden: 2.0 mi
- Rockwell Azalea Garden: 2.0 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 2.1 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 2.2 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 8.2 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 9.8 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 15.0 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 3.0 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 9.8 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 21.8 mi
- Devils Elbow: 24.9 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 2.5 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 4.1 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 7.6 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of East Ithaca Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | ENE 74° | 643 m | 17.0 mi |
| Connecticut Hill | WSW 256° | 638 m | 11.0 mi |
| Greek Peak | ENE 72° | 637 m | 16.5 mi |
| South Hill | ENE 71° | 635 m | 16.5 mi |
| Tuller Hill | ENE 67° | 616 m | 18.4 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | E 80° | 612 m | 8.9 mi |
| Irish Hill | SW 224° | 599 m | 14.5 mi |
| Hammond Hill | E 85° | 598 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:51 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 24 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ithaca Cornell Univ, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1154110635
Day trips start here
- Ithaca · 2 mi
- Trumansburg · 13 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 18 mi
- Cortland · 19 mi
- Watkins Glen · 21 mi
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