Hoffman Center Nature Preserve and Wildlife Refuge
Hoffman Center Nature Preserve and Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 57 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Jane B. Francke Bird Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1996
- Elevation
- 57 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 15.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 16.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 20.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jane B. Francke Bird Sanctuary: 0.8 mi
- Nassau Hall: 0.9 mi
- Oaces Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Bertha and Reginald Rose Refuge: 1.6 mi
- Hope Goddard Iselin Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Chelsea Estate: 0.8 mi
- Knollwood Walled Garden: 0.8 mi
- Knollwood Grand Staircase Ruins: 0.9 mi
- Knollwood Garden Ruins: 0.9 mi
- Lenice H. Hertweck: 1.8 mi
- Brookville Nature Park: 1.5 mi
- Split Rock Road Park: 1.9 mi
- Senator Ralph J. Marino Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
- School House Lane Park: 2.4 mi
- Riggs Park: 2.4 mi
- Lenice H. Hertweck Garden: 1.8 mi
- Paul Callahan Dahlia Garden: 2.0 mi
- Pine Hollow Cemetery Perennial Garden: 2.0 mi
- Long Island Daylily Society Display Garden: 2.0 mi
- Sensory Garden: 2.1 mi
- The Outside In: 2.1 mi
- Orpheus and Eurydice: 2.1 mi
- St. Joseph and Jesus: 2.1 mi
- St. Mary: 2.2 mi
- St. Mary and Jesus: 2.2 mi
- Coe Hall: 2.2 mi
- Angela P. Koenig Research and Collections Center: 2.8 mi
- Earle-Wightman House Museum: 2.8 mi
- Raynham Hall Museum: 2.9 mi
- 20th Century Cycles: 3.0 mi
- Beekman Beach: 3.1 mi
- Cold Spring Beach: 4.9 mi
- West Harbor Beach: 4.9 mi
- Eagle Dock Beach: 5.1 mi
- Ferry Beach: 5.2 mi
- Mill Neck Peak: 3.1 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 4.4 mi
- Harbor Hill: 5.2 mi
- Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 5.3 mi
- Mannetto Hills: 5.5 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 3.1 mi
- ATCG Tower: 4.7 mi
- Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 10.7 mi
- Jamaica: 10.7 mi
- Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 10.8 mi
- Upper Education Area: 3.4 mi
- Lower Education Area: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Area A & B: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Area C: 3.8 mi
- Birches: 7.2 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 8.4 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 8.5 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 5.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 9.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 10.3 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 11.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 12.5 mi
- The Falls: 15.6 mi
- Farms Falls: 20.4 mi
- The Loch: 21.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 24.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 24.8 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 12.4 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.2 mi
- Cuties Island: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Hoffman Center Nature Preserve and Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk Hill | NW 325° | 211 m | 23.5 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | NNW 329° | 180 m | 22.0 mi |
| Round Hill | NNW 341° | 172 m | 19.8 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NNW 333° | 170 m | 20.8 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | NNW 326° | 156 m | 19.5 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | NW 319° | 147 m | 23.4 mi |
| Beaver Hill | NW 318° | 140 m | 21.7 mi |
| Hackley Hill | NW 317° | 140 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 8 mi away.
- winged euonymus39 obs
- garlic mustard34 obs
- mayapple31 obs
- pipsissewa31 obs
- Wood Frog31 obs
- Groundhog30 obs
- mountain laurel28 obs
- White-tailed Deer26 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/975481588
Day trips start here
- Oyster Bay · 3 mi
- Bayville · 5 mi
- Glen Cove · 5 mi
- South Oyster Bay · 5 mi
- Roslyn · 6 mi
- Flower Hill · 7 mi
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