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Hannacroix Creek Preserve

Hannacroix Creek Preserve from directly overhead

Hannacroix Creek Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Mercer Mountain stands 552 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 22 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New Baltimore Conservancy Inc,

How to reach it

Coordinates42.46121, -73.78868

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Mosher Park: 1.7 mi
  • Joralemon Park: 4.1 mi
  • Stuyvesant Town Park and Playground: 4.9 mi
  • Red Schoolhouse Park: 5.1 mi
  • South Bethlehem Town Park: 5.8 mi
Peaks
Museums: 46
  • Columbia County Historical Society: 6.4 mi
  • Luykas Van Alen House: 7.4 mi
  • Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse: 7.5 mi
  • Bronck House Museum: 8.5 mi
  • Greene County Historical Society: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 42
Gardens: 28
  • Wildlife Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Water Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Pine Hollow Arboretum: 12.3 mi
  • Friendship Garden: 12.5 mi
  • South End Butterfly Sanctuary: 12.6 mi
Attractions: 25
  • Open Seating: 12.1 mi
  • Pine Hollow Arboretum: 12.4 mi
  • Dutch Apple Cruises: 12.6 mi
  • USS Slater: 12.7 mi
  • New York State Executive Mansion Tour: 12.9 mi
Artworks: 24
  • I ♥ NY: 2.4 mi
  • Valatie Santa Claus: 6.2 mi
  • Martin Van Buren Statue: 6.5 mi
  • bridge pylons mural: 12.0 mi
  • U Haul Truck: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • High Rocks: 4.5 mi
  • Crystal Cliff: 15.8 mi
  • Helderberg Escarpment: 16.6 mi
  • Helderberg Escarpment: 18.1 mi
  • Leaning Tower: 18.2 mi
Beaches: 6
Springs: 4
  • Bathtub Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 20.1 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 6.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 9.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Hannacroix Creek Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mercer MountainESE 112°552 m17.6 mi
Filkins HillWNW 303°550 m17.7 mi
Fog HillESE 115°544 m18.6 mi
Johnson HillENE 62°537 m18.8 mi
Beebe HillESE 119°536 m17.7 mi
Still HillWNW 285°532 m17.1 mi
Turner MountainENE 72°506 m17.8 mi
Irish HillWNW 302°502 m19.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1919:5420:37
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2215:4016:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485968737164524131
Precip in2.22.22.93.33.84.53.84.44.64.33.22.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valatie 1 N, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1206411270

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