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Laurel Hill Preserve

Laurel Hill Preserve from directly overhead

Laurel Hill Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 172 m. High Point stands 551 m to the west, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Minisink Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Orange County Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.33466, -74.51166

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Minisink Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hansen Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
  • Greenville Town Park: 3.6 mi
  • Pine Island Town Park: 3.8 mi
  • Shannen Park: 3.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Wine and Design Warwick: 9.6 mi
  • Buffalo Statue: 12.8 mi
  • Power Teach: 16.7 mi
  • Glass Tentacles: 20.1 mi
  • Eagles: 20.2 mi
Cliffs: 54
  • steep bluff: 10.5 mi
  • The Cliff: 16.5 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 20.2 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 20.4 mi
  • Crumbling Under Pressure: 21.9 mi
Nature reserves: 46
Beaches: 44
  • LakemPanoranma Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Stone Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Lake Wallkill Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Vernon Valley Lake Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Vernon Valley Lake Beach: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 42
  • Sprayground: 10.0 mi
  • Fishing Village: 10.0 mi
  • Cliff Jump: 10.0 mi
  • Hide Tide Wavepool: 10.1 mi
  • Surf Hill: 10.2 mi
Gardens: 29
  • The Meditation Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Goshen: 10.8 mi
  • Midtown: 10.8 mi
  • New York City: 10.8 mi
  • The Bronx: 10.8 mi
Museums: 22
Waterfalls: 22
  • Mine Hole Falls: 16.6 mi
  • High Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Fish Cabin Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Hackers Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Mullet Falls: 17.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 7.1 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 7.2 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 8.7 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 10.5 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 15.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
  • Kakiat Park: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Laurel Hill Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointW 263°551 m7.8 mi
Sunrise MountainSW 233°500 m13.5 mi
Taylor MountainSE 137°454 m11.9 mi
Wawayanda MountainSSE 163°448 m9.9 mi
Granite PeakS 179°445 m10.9 mi
Bearfort MountainSSE 155°445 m14.8 mi
South PeakS 183°440 m11.8 mi
Hamburg MountainS 184°433 m12.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2619:5420:36
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2115:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836495967727163524131

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sussex 8 NNW, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1382873267

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