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Keleher Preserve

Keleher Preserve from directly overhead

Keleher Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 489 m. Windham High Peak stands 1,077 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mohawk-Hudson Land Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.58958, -73.99734

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hannacroix Ravine: 2.0 mi
  • Lawson Lake County Park: 4.0 mi
  • Stephen P. Wallace Park: 4.9 mi
  • Charley Houghtaling Park: 5.8 mi
  • Westerlo Veterans Memorial Town Park: 5.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Slingerland House 1762: 4.0 mi
  • foundations of barn: 5.6 mi
  • fallen chimney: 5.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Frederick Crounse: 6.4 mi
Museums: 48
  • Thacher Park Visitor Center: 4.6 mi
  • Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center: 5.1 mi
  • Berne Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Frederick House Historical Site: 8.0 mi
  • Rensselaerville Historical Society: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 37
Gardens: 35
  • Water Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Wildlife Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Veterans Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Pine Hollow Arboretum: 7.9 mi
  • Friendship Garden: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 31
  • Open Seating: 6.1 mi
  • Pine Hollow Arboretum: 7.9 mi
  • Tulip Festival: 12.4 mi
  • New York State Museum Carousel: 12.6 mi
  • New York State Executive Mansion Tour: 12.7 mi
Artworks: 29
  • bridge pylons mural: 7.7 mi
  • Unity 1970: 11.4 mi
  • Untitled: 12.7 mi
  • Triangles and Arches: 12.7 mi
  • Labyrinth: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Helderberg Escarpment: 3.8 mi
  • Helderberg Escarpment: 5.1 mi
  • Leaning Tower: 5.1 mi
  • Fern Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Mahican Wall: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 4
Springs: 3
  • Bathtub Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 10.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 16.9 mi
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Keleher Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Windham High PeakSSW 201°1,077 m20.4 mi
Richtmyer PeakSW 223°910 m20.1 mi
Mount HaydenSW 215°893 m19.5 mi
Mount PisgahSW 221°887 m19.3 mi
Ginseng MountainSSW 211°855 m19.9 mi
Mount ZoarSSW 207°832 m19.7 mi
Mount NeboSW 217°817 m19.2 mi
High KnobSW 235°812 m19.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1919:5520:38
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2315:4016:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432455665696860493829
Precip in2.62.23.33.63.34.33.94.43.94.62.93.5

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/339443446

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