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Great Hill Nature Preserve

Great Hill Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Great Hill Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 336 m. Frost Hill stands 696 m to the west-northwest, 5.7 miles off. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Finger Lakes Land Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.66832, -77.34820
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Naples Community Park: 3.6 mi
  • Ontario County Park: 4.0 mi
  • Naples City Hall Park: 4.4 mi
  • Grimes Glen: 4.9 mi
  • Grimes Glen Park: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves: 20
Attractions: 18
  • Bristol Mountain: 6.0 mi
  • Roswell Murray home site: 20.9 mi
  • Solomon F. Kimball Home: 21.8 mi
  • Minnehans Fun Center: 21.9 mi
  • Jhon P. Green: 21.9 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Noth Entrance/Exit Lane Turf Area Customer Parking Area: 15.1 mi
  • Windscreen Island #6: 15.1 mi
  • Windscreen Island #5: 15.1 mi
  • North Entrance/Exit Lane Employee Parking Side Turf Area: 15.1 mi
  • Windscreen Island #4: 15.1 mi
Museums: 13
  • Narcissa Prentiss House: 10.8 mi
  • Yates County History Center: 14.8 mi
  • Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum: 16.1 mi
  • Greyton H. Taylor Wine Museum: 17.9 mi
  • Finger Lakes Boating Museum: 19.1 mi
Historic sites: 10
Artworks: 6
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Upper Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Reynolds Gully Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Honeoye Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Triphammer Falls: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Bristol Harbour Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Kershaw Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 14.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Kanona Rest Area: 20.5 mi
  • Geneseo Rest Area: 24.8 mi
  • Mount Morris Rest Area: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Great Hill Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frost HillWNW 302°696 m5.7 mi
Gannett HillNW 306°690 m3.8 mi
Cleveland HillW 279°671 m3.9 mi
Canadice HillW 275°671 m8.8 mi
Worden HillNW 318°666 m5.9 mi
High Point HillWSW 253°659 m5.1 mi
Quail HillNW 305°654 m6.7 mi
Sand HillSW 231°654 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:22
June solstice05:3220:0920:52
September equinox06:5718:3119:09
December solstice07:3715:5416:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455765696861514031
Precip in2.21.92.73.13.24.14.33.73.23.62.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Honeoye, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1245755480

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