Gosnell Big Woods Preserve
Gosnell Big Woods Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 91 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Herman Road Forever Wild Forest, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail runs past it. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Webster
How to reach it
- On the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 1 mi
- Owen's Point · 4 mi
- Paid viewfinder · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vosburg Hollow: 0.5 mi
- Forest Lawn Park: 0.7 mi
- Parkwood Park: 1.5 mi
- Webster Park: 1.8 mi
- Sandbar Park: 1.8 mi
- Bobsleds: 2.9 mi
- Bobsleds: 2.9 mi
- Royal Dynasty: 4.2 mi
- Historic Dentzel Carousel: 6.0 mi
- Giraffe: 7.1 mi
- Veterans of Foreign Wars Flagpole: 5.8 mi
- Terry Rothfuss Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Penfield Veterns Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Battle of the Bulge World War II Memorial: 6.2 mi
- 1822 Lighthouse: 6.2 mi
- Ontario Beach Park Sign: 6.1 mi
- Port of Rochester Marina Sign: 6.1 mi
- Ontario Beach Park Sign: 6.2 mi
- Ontario Beach Park Sign: 6.2 mi
- Ontario Beach Park Sign: 6.2 mi
- Jacobs Hill: 8.1 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 8.5 mi
- Paddy Hill: 8.7 mi
- Pinnacle Hill: 9.1 mi
- Negro Hill: 9.2 mi
- Rochester Medical Museum and Archives: 7.4 mi
- Stone Tolan House: 7.8 mi
- George Eastman Museum: 7.9 mi
- Memorial Art Gallery: 7.9 mi
- Rochester Contemporary Art Center: 8.4 mi
- Herman Road Forever Wild Forest: 0.5 mi
- Whiting Road Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Four Mile Creek Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Four Mile Creek Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Eva and Harlan Braman Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Linear Garden: 6.8 mi
- Emmighausen Garden: 7.0 mi
- Good Luck Garden: 7.8 mi
- Garden of Fragrance: 8.2 mi
- Maplewood Rose Garden: 8.5 mi
- Densmore Falls: 4.9 mi
- Turning Point Falls: 6.9 mi
- Norton’s Falls: 7.7 mi
- Postcard Falls: 8.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 8.4 mi
- Windsor Beach: 5.5 mi
- Ontario Beach: 6.3 mi
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse: 6.2 mi
- Keeper's House: 6.2 mi
- Sprong Bluff: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gosnell Big Woods Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Mountain | S 173° | 358 m | 24.9 mi |
| Hopper Hills | S 179° | 335 m | 20.8 mi |
| Woodchuck Hill | S 185° | 297 m | 25.0 mi |
| Baker Hill | SSE 168° | 282 m | 14.9 mi |
| College Hill | SSW 195° | 267 m | 24.2 mi |
| Turk Hill | SSE 168° | 264 m | 13.9 mi |
| Fort Hill | S 172° | 256 m | 19.6 mi |
| Collings Hill | SW 220° | 233 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:11 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 15:51 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 35 | 45 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Webster 2 NE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/733775131
Day trips start here
- Williamson · 15 mi
- Palmyra · 18 mi
- Farmington · 20 mi
- Newark · 24 mi
- Sodus Point · 25 mi
- Finger Lakes Apple Country · 26 mi
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