Genung Nature Preserve
Genung Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 315 m. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Freeville Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 7.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Finger Lakes Land Trust
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 8.7 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 28.4 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 9 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Groton Ave Park: 0.1 mi
- Mill Dam Park: 0.2 mi
- Mill Dam Park: 0.2 mi
- Etna Community Park: 2.5 mi
- Montgomery Park: 3.1 mi
- Yellow Barn Hill: 3.4 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 4.2 mi
- Simms Hill: 4.6 mi
- Beam Hill: 4.6 mi
- Turkey Hill: 5.6 mi
- O.D. von Engeln Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Yellow Barn State Forest: 4.5 mi
- Durland Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Dewey Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Roy H. Park Nature Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Emilie Jonas Falls: 7.5 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 7.8 mi
- Rocky Falls: 8.0 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 8.0 mi
- Ithaca Falls: 8.2 mi
- Incodema: 8.5 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 10.1 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 10.3 mi
- Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 10.9 mi
- Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 11.5 mi
- Freeville Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 0.2 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 5.5 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 5.5 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 5.5 mi
- Field School House: 7.8 mi
- Sciencenter: 8.9 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 8.9 mi
- Museum of the Earth: 9.9 mi
- 1890 House: 10.4 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 7.8 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 8.0 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 8.1 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 9.8 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 10.2 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 10.9 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 17.3 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 11.9 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 22.1 mi
- Preble: 17.5 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 9.2 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 14.0 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Genung Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | E 98° | 643 m | 11.0 mi |
| Connecticut Hill | WSW 241° | 638 m | 18.4 mi |
| Greek Peak | E 97° | 637 m | 10.4 mi |
| South Hill | E 95° | 635 m | 10.2 mi |
| Tuller Hill | E 85° | 616 m | 11.6 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | SE 144° | 612 m | 5.8 mi |
| Ripley Hill | NNE 17° | 604 m | 19.9 mi |
| Hammond Hill | SSE 152° | 598 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:50 | 16:36 |
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 | 21 | 22 | 30 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Freeville 1 NE, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1105630729
Day trips start here
- Ithaca · 9 mi
- Cortland · 11 mi
- Trumansburg · 16 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 17 mi
- Watkins Glen · 28 mi
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