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Hope Goddard Iselin Preserve

Hope Goddard Iselin Preserve from directly overhead

Hope Goddard Iselin Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lenice H. Hertweck Garden, a garden 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
~1970
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Shore Land Alliance

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.85390, -73.56586

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Historic sites
  • Lenice H. Hertweck: 0.6 mi
  • Dr. Minoru Araki: 0.7 mi
  • The Edwin H. Costich Wild Flower Plantings: 0.7 mi
  • Frank Stadelberger: 0.7 mi
  • Claire Robbins: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • The Outside In: 0.7 mi
  • Orpheus and Eurydice: 0.8 mi
  • Circular Pool Cherub: 0.9 mi
  • The West Portico: 0.9 mi
  • Coach Meeting House Mural: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
Parks
  • Triangle Park: 1.9 mi
  • Senator Ralph J. Marino Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
  • Gerard Beekman Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Raynham Hall Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Townsend Park: 2.2 mi
Beaches
Attractions
Picnic sites: 32
  • Upper Education Area: 3.2 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.2 mi
  • Black Pine: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Farms Falls: 18.9 mi
  • The Loch: 21.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 24.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 13.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.9 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Hope Goddard Iselin Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNW 324°211 m21.9 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 329°180 m20.4 mi
Round HillNNW 342°172 m18.1 mi
Cooney HillNNW 333°170 m19.2 mi
Kennelwood HillNW 326°156 m17.8 mi
Kykuit HillNW 318°147 m21.8 mi
Beaver HillNW 317°140 m20.1 mi
Hackley HillNW 316°140 m21.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:06
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/975476024

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