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Furnace Brook Headwater Preserve

Furnace Brook Headwater Preserve from directly overhead

Furnace Brook Headwater Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 94 m. Bear Mountain stands 394 m to the west-northwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
94 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.27616, -73.88675

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Blue Mountain: 0.9 mi
  • Dickerson Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Academy Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Spitzenberg Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Jacobs Hill: 1.8 mi
Parks
  • Cortlandt Community Recreation Area: 1.1 mi
  • Depew Park: 1.4 mi
  • Beecher Park: 1.5 mi
  • Pugsley Park: 2.0 mi
  • Monument Park: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
  • East Redoubt: 2.4 mi
  • Nelson Mountain Fire Tower: 2.4 mi
  • Old Quarry House Ruins: 2.4 mi
  • Quarry: 2.4 mi
  • Old Car: 2.4 mi
Artworks
  • Arc: 2.5 mi
  • Brickhead Truth: 7.0 mi
  • River Arch: 8.3 mi
  • General Patton: 8.8 mi
  • General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 8.8 mi
Gardens
  • Ossining Organic Community Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 7.7 mi
  • Boscobel Gardens: 9.8 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Merestead Formal Garden: 11.7 mi
Cliffs: 58
  • Hell Hole: 6.5 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 9.9 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 10.6 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 12.8 mi
  • Raven's Rock: 12.9 mi
Attractions: 46
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 4.1 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 4.7 mi
  • Van Cortlandt Manor: 5.9 mi
  • Bowling Rocks: 12.7 mi
  • Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 12.9 mi
Beaches: 19
Picnic sites: 9
  • Kakiat Park: 14.9 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 15.6 mi
  • Pell Hill: 15.8 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
  • The Meadow: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Farms Falls: 17.6 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Cascade: 23.0 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 20.5 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 20.6 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 20.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 23.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 19.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Furnace Brook Headwater Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear MountainWNW 292°394 m6.7 mi
West MountainW 275°382 m6.5 mi
Bald MountainW 276°341 m5.5 mi
The TimpW 270°332 m5.9 mi
Dunderberg MountainW 277°325 m5.2 mi
Pingyp MountainWSW 258°310 m7.8 mi
Denning HillN 351°309 m6.7 mi
Fort Defiance HillN 353°304 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2319:5120:33
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1915:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727264534233
Precip in3.63.04.43.94.34.54.74.34.64.63.74.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shrub OAK, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1421928241

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