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Eugene and Agnes Meyer Nature Preserve

Eugene and Agnes Meyer Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Eugene and Agnes Meyer Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 191 m. Turkey Mountain stands 253 m to the northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Meyer Estate House Ruins, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
191 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.15835, -73.70136

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Meyer Estate House Ruins: 0.1 mi
  • Foundation of former fire tower: 2.1 mi
  • NRHP Plaque: 3.3 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Memorial to Korean War veterans from Chappaqua: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • A L Ehrmann Park and Recreation Center: 1.3 mi
  • Merestead County Park: 1.3 mi
  • Merestead County Park: 1.5 mi
  • Wampus Brook Park: 1.8 mi
  • Lombardi Park: 1.9 mi
Gardens
  • Merestead Formal Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Call to Worship Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Founders Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Potting Garden: 6.8 mi
Peaks
  • Guard Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Chappaqua Hill: 3.6 mi
  • McKesson Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Round Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Cooney Hill: 4.3 mi
Cliffs
Museums
Artworks
  • River Arch: 8.8 mi
  • Annunaki: 9.1 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 9.6 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 10.4 mi
  • Current: 10.6 mi
Beaches
Attractions: 53
Waterfalls: 9
  • Farms Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Cascade: 14.4 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Cascade: 16.6 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • The Meadow: 8.4 mi
  • Pell Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 9.2 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 13.4 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 11.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 18.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 12.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Eugene and Agnes Meyer Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey MountainNW 321°253 m8.0 mi
Dickerson MountainNW 309°237 m11.0 mi
French HillNNW 327°236 m9.0 mi
Mount AspetongNNE 31°229 m5.6 mi
Guard HillN 0°226 m3.2 mi
Fox HillNE 41°223 m8.7 mi
Round TopN 360°222 m12.2 mi
Cat HillNNW 331°221 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2319:5020:32
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1815:4616:30

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/323714525

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