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Hollins Preserve

Hollins Preserve from directly overhead

Hollins Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Orr Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
The Nature Conservancy

How to reach it

Coordinates40.71267, -73.18707

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Heckscher State Park: 0.9 mi
  • East Islip Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Islip Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Brookwood Hall Park: 1.6 mi
  • Bayard Cutting Arboretum: 1.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Great River Depot: 2.1 mi
  • State Hospital: 4.8 mi
  • 9/11: 5.7 mi
  • East End Tricentennial - Time Capsule 2083: 6.7 mi
  • Lt. Michael Murphy Memorial Monument: 7.1 mi
Gardens
  • Long Island Dahlia Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Community Reflection Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Walled Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Carlls River Botanical Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Garden of Serenity: 10.7 mi
Artworks: 59
  • Long Island: 3.6 mi
  • Art Gallery: 7.1 mi
  • Animal Sculptures: 9.1 mi
  • Bearer of Peace: 10.8 mi
  • Pray Mantis: 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Wolf 1: 8.7 mi
  • Wolf 2: 8.7 mi
  • Wolf 4: 8.7 mi
  • Wolf 3: 8.8 mi
  • Wolf 5: 8.8 mi
Peaks: 13
Attractions: 10
  • Long Island Maritime Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Hercules Pavillion: 14.3 mi
  • Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 16.3 mi
  • Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 17.1 mi
  • Jamaica: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 9.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hollins Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillWNW 300°122 m14.3 mi
West HillsWNW 299°106 m14.7 mi
Harbor HillWNW 284°106 m24.4 mi
Dix HillsNW 310°92 m11.4 mi
Signal HillNW 307°90 m11.9 mi
Mannetto HillsWNW 293°85 m15.3 mi
Half Hollow HillsWNW 298°77 m10.9 mi
Rock HillENE 67°64 m24.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2219:4720:28
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1415:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495868757567564638
Precip in3.54.64.43.83.53.74.65.84.43.63.04.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Molloy Cercom, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/965933504

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