Lafayette Road Experiment Station
Lafayette Road Experiment Station is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 218 m. Morgan Hill stands 618 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is James E. Heath Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 24.5 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 29.7 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- James E. Heath Park: 0.4 mi
- Meachem Field: 1.0 mi
- Kelley Brothers Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Rand Tract Park: 1.3 mi
- McKinley Park: 2.0 mi
- Miller Hill: 3.3 mi
- Thomas Hill: 4.4 mi
- Mason Hill: 5.2 mi
- Irish Hill: 5.7 mi
- Torry Hill: 6.0 mi
- Wiesner Green Space: 3.5 mi
- Richards Green Space: 4.3 mi
- Bigsby Drumlin: 4.8 mi
- South Onondaga Marsh: 6.0 mi
- Split Rock Unique Area: 6.3 mi
- Skytop Fire Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Pyramid Grave: 2.9 mi
- Spanish War Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Rock of the Marne Monument: 3.7 mi
- Korea-Vietnam Veteran's Monument: 3.9 mi
- Friends of Clark Reservation State Park Nature Center: 1.9 mi
- Jamesville Community Museum: 3.0 mi
- Everson Museum of Art: 3.8 mi
- Onondaga Historical Association Museum & Research Center: 4.0 mi
- Museum of Science and Technology: 4.1 mi
- Mountain Goat: 3.0 mi
- Job: 3.2 mi
- Supplicant Persephone: 3.2 mi
- Saltine Warrior: 3.2 mi
- Ernie Davis: 3.2 mi
- Brickyard Falls: 7.3 mi
- Pratts Falls: 8.1 mi
- Edwards Falls: 8.6 mi
- Marcellus Falls: 10.6 mi
- Fellows Falls: 12.1 mi
- South Side Garden: 2.5 mi
- Morningside Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- E.M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden: 3.3 mi
- Bitternut Collective Permaculture Kitchen Garden: 4.1 mi
- James Pass Arboretum: 4.7 mi
- Jamesville Beach: 3.4 mi
- Green Lakes Beach: 9.7 mi
- Valentine's Beach: 14.9 mi
- Oneida Shores: 16.2 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 23.1 mi
- Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center: 3.8 mi
- Great New York State Fair: 7.1 mi
- New York State Fairgrounds: 7.2 mi
- Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge: 7.6 mi
- Harriet Tubman Gravesite: 22.7 mi
- Galster Pavilion: 5.7 mi
- Cedar Bay Pavilion: 5.9 mi
- Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Willow Bay: 10.2 mi
- Poolsbrook Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Dorwin Springs: 1.4 mi
- Preble: 19.0 mi
- The Ledges: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Lafayette Road Experiment Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Hill | SSE 154° | 618 m | 15.8 mi |
| Truxton Hill | S 170° | 616 m | 16.4 mi |
| Fellows Hill | SSE 156° | 611 m | 13.6 mi |
| Hunt Hill | SE 134° | 611 m | 20.6 mi |
| Labrador Hill | SSE 166° | 606 m | 15.2 mi |
| Ripley Hill | SSW 202° | 604 m | 14.9 mi |
| Kinney Hill | SE 129° | 599 m | 18.4 mi |
| Jones Hill | SSE 162° | 598 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:39 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:47 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Syracuse Hancock Intl AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/438354172
Day trips start here
- Syracuse · 4 mi
- Cazenovia · 15 mi
- Skaneateles · 15 mi
- Central New York · 17 mi
- Auburn · 22 mi
- Weedsport · 22 mi
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