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High Acres Nature Area

High Acres Nature Area from directly overhead

High Acres Nature Area is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 149 m. Johnson Hill stands 538 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Howell Road Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 9.0 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Waste Management

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.09036, -77.37822

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Howell Road Park: 1.3 mi
  • Beechwoods Park: 1.8 mi
  • Egypt Park: 2.1 mi
  • Center Park: 2.6 mi
  • Thayer Hill: 2.7 mi
Artworks
  • Elmer: 2.3 mi
  • American Eagle: 5.1 mi
  • Faith Hope and Charity: 5.2 mi
  • Rebecca Well: 5.2 mi
  • Daniel Penfield Statue: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
  • Quaker Meeting House: 5.2 mi
  • Water Wheel: 6.1 mi
  • Walworth Bell: 6.3 mi
  • Lucy Harris Home & Farm: 6.7 mi
  • Martin Harris Farm: 7.0 mi
Museums: 37
Gardens: 31
Nature reserves: 29
Waterfalls: 10
Beaches: 6
  • Windsor Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Kershaw Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 16.0 mi
  • Ontario Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Bristol Harbour Beach: 23.8 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Klippel Spring: 20.8 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of High Acres Nature Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson HillS 179°538 m21.8 mi
Oak MountainS 190°358 m14.2 mi
Jakman HillSW 218°357 m22.0 mi
Baptist HillS 188°356 m17.2 mi
Hopper HillsSSW 208°335 m11.3 mi
Allens HillSSW 202°317 m18.9 mi
Woodchuck HillSSW 208°297 m16.0 mi
Taft HillSSW 204°287 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:22
June solstice05:3120:1020:53
September equinox06:5718:3119:09
December solstice07:3915:5216:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735455867717063524131
Precip in2.72.52.93.13.04.12.94.13.44.03.53.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Webster 2 NE, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/391839667

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