Great Hill Nature Preserve
Great Hill Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 328 m. Frost Hill stands 696 m to the northwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is West River Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Finger Lakes Land Trust
How to reach it
- 29.8 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- South Hill: 2.9 mi
- Powell Hill: 3.5 mi
- West Italy Hill: 3.6 mi
- East Hill: 3.9 mi
- Cleveland Hill: 4.2 mi
- Naples Community Park: 3.2 mi
- Naples City Hall Park: 4.0 mi
- Ontario County Park: 4.5 mi
- Grimes Glen: 4.6 mi
- Grimes Glen Park: 4.7 mi
- West River Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Great Hill Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
- High Tor Wildlife Management Area - Clark Gully: 0.8 mi
- Canandaigua Highlands Overlook: 1.3 mi
- Great Hill Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Noth Entrance/Exit Lane Turf Area Customer Parking Area: 15.6 mi
- Windscreen Island #6: 15.6 mi
- Windscreen Island #5: 15.6 mi
- North Entrance/Exit Lane Employee Parking Side Turf Area: 15.6 mi
- Windscreen Island #4: 15.6 mi
- Bristol Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Roswell Murray home site: 21.5 mi
- Minnehans Fun Center: 22.3 mi
- Solomon F. Kimball Home: 22.4 mi
- Heber C. Kimball: 22.5 mi
- Narcissa Prentiss House: 10.2 mi
- Yates County History Center: 14.7 mi
- Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum: 16.7 mi
- Greyton H. Taylor Wine Museum: 17.3 mi
- Finger Lakes Boating Museum: 18.5 mi
- Peter James Cannon Memorial Rock: 8.9 mi
- Roundhouse: 16.3 mi
- Bloomfield Civil War Monument: 16.9 mi
- Curtis Memorial: 19.0 mi
- Dansville Civil War Monument: 19.1 mi
- Cornplanter: 14.4 mi
- William Smith Sculpture: 22.7 mi
- 'The Scissors' Sculpture: 22.9 mi
- Elizabeth Blackwell Sculpture: 22.9 mi
- I♥NY: 23.7 mi
- The Jumpoff: 4.9 mi
- High Point: 5.1 mi
- Castle Point: 22.6 mi
- Mossy Bank: 23.3 mi
- Hi Banks: 23.5 mi
- Bristol Harbour Beach: 6.0 mi
- Kershaw Beach: 15.4 mi
- Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 15.4 mi
- Upper Falls: 8.6 mi
- Reynolds Gully Falls: 12.4 mi
- Honeoye Falls: 23.7 mi
- Kanona Rest Area: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Great Hill Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frost Hill | NW 306° | 696 m | 6.1 mi |
| Gannett Hill | NW 311° | 690 m | 4.2 mi |
| Cleveland Hill | WNW 286° | 671 m | 4.2 mi |
| Canadice Hill | W 279° | 671 m | 9.0 mi |
| Worden Hill | NW 320° | 666 m | 6.4 mi |
| High Point Hill | W 259° | 659 m | 5.1 mi |
| Quail Hill | NW 308° | 654 m | 7.2 mi |
| Sand Hill | SW 233° | 654 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:09 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 15:54 | 16:39 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 57 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Honeoye, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1245755479
Day trips start here
- Canandaigua · 16 mi
- Finger Lakes · 20 mi
- Farmington · 22 mi
- Geneva · 24 mi
- Palmyra · 28 mi
- Newark · 30 mi
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