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Jane E. Lytle Memorial Arboretum

Jane E. Lytle Memorial Arboretum from directly overhead

Jane E. Lytle Memorial Arboretum is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Bear Mountain stands 394 m to the northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Hessian Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Village of Croton on Hudson

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.22356, -73.88597

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Hessian Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Torment Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Prickly Pear Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Mount Airy Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Nordica Hill: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Dobbs Park: 1.0 mi
  • Vassallo Park: 1.1 mi
  • Black Rock Park: 1.2 mi
  • Croton Landing: 1.2 mi
  • Gouveia Park: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
  • Brickhead Truth: 4.5 mi
  • River Arch: 4.7 mi
  • Arc: 4.8 mi
  • Tappan Zee: 9.9 mi
  • Approach: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 59
  • Scenic Overlook: 8.1 mi
  • Hell Hole: 8.9 mi
  • Raven's Rock: 9.5 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 13.1 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 13.5 mi
Attractions: 57
Beaches: 33
Picnic sites: 15
  • Kakiat Park: 13.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 15.8 mi
  • Pell Hill: 15.9 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
  • The Meadow: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Farms Falls: 15.6 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Cascade: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.3 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 23.8 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Jane E. Lytle Memorial Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear MountainNW 315°394 m8.8 mi
West MountainWNW 303°382 m7.7 mi
Bald MountainNW 307°341 m6.9 mi
The TimpWNW 301°332 m7.0 mi
Dunderberg MountainNW 310°325 m6.7 mi
Pingyp MountainWNW 285°310 m7.9 mi
Pound Swamp MountainW 279°306 m8.6 mi
Cheesecote MountainW 261°296 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2419:5120:33
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1815:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485867727063524132
Precip in3.73.14.13.93.95.04.34.34.84.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yorktown HTS 1W, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/705491810

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