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Godwin Preserve

Godwin Preserve from directly overhead

Godwin Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 319 m. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the east-southeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is High Nopit, a peak 0.6 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 9.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Lake George Land Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.63261, -73.65553

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Pleasure Island: 4.6 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 4.9 mi
  • Hazel Island: 5.2 mi
  • Sarah Island: 5.2 mi
  • Rogers Memorial Park: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves: 31
Cliffs: 28
  • Ark Wall: 5.9 mi
  • Deer Leap: 6.4 mi
  • Uncas Cliff: 8.0 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 8.7 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 27
  • Bolton Veterans' Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Bolton Time Capsule: 5.2 mi
  • Lafayette's Tour: 13.8 mi
  • Bandstand: 15.0 mi
  • Father Jogues Monument: 15.1 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 12.6 mi
  • Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 13.4 mi
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 14.7 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 14.8 mi
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 14.9 mi
Museums: 15
  • Bolton Historical Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Town of Horicon Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Skenesborough Museum: 13.8 mi
  • Lake George Historical Association: 14.6 mi
  • House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 12
Beaches: 11
  • Hague Town Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Morey Stein Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Park beach: 14.9 mi
  • Lake Hadlock Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Black Point Public Beach: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 9
Gardens: 5
  • Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Schroon Community Garden: 15.0 mi
  • Arboretum: 19.2 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 19.8 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 19.8 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 22.5 mi
  • Mandala II: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 18.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Whitewater rafting: 20.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Godwin Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainESE 106°805 m6.5 mi
Erebus MountainSE 127°765 m6.5 mi
Sleeping BeautySE 134°715 m7.4 mi
Buck MountainSSE 159°711 m8.3 mi
Catamount MountainNE 51°702 m6.2 mi
Fivemile MountainE 83°688 m3.9 mi
Huckleberry MountainE 79°680 m4.2 mi
Beech MountainNE 35°630 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1419:5620:40
September equinox06:4218:1618:54
December solstice07:2615:3416:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212333475968727163513928
Precip in3.02.63.03.33.34.44.44.53.64.13.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitehall, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1364543699

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