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Kai Lon Preserve

Kai Lon Preserve from directly overhead

Kai Lon Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 90 m. Prospect Hill stands 335 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Muscoot East Unit, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Lewisboro Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.29301, -73.68150

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bedford Audubon Society Park: 0.8 mi
  • Reis Park: 1.8 mi
  • Van Tassel Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Fox Valley Town Park: 2.1 mi
  • Katonah Memorial Park Baseball Field: 2.4 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Zion: 2.1 mi
  • Round Top: 3.1 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Mount Aspetong: 4.9 mi
  • Long Pond Mountain: 5.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 6.0 mi
  • Arc: 13.1 mi
  • River Arch: 13.6 mi
  • greek letter pi: 14.5 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 14.9 mi
Gardens: 55
Beaches: 42
  • Mahopac Hills Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Canopus Beach: 14.4 mi
Attractions: 23
Cliffs: 11
Waterfalls: 11
  • Farms Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Cascade: 12.7 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Cascade: 14.6 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 5.4 mi
  • Pell Hill: 5.7 mi
  • The Meadow: 13.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 22.6 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 10.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.9 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 17.6 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 9.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Kai Lon Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillNW 314°335 m10.2 mi
Moose HillNNW 330°330 m10.6 mi
Pine MountainENE 68°304 m10.8 mi
Bailey MountainE 79°299.314 m6.9 mi
Piano MountainWNW 296°299 m8.4 mi
Senior HillNNW 328°292 m6.1 mi
Hitchcock HillNNW 339°292 m8.8 mi
Watermelon HillNNW 338°290 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2219:5020:32
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1815:4516:29

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1467861620

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