Lime Hollow Nature Center
Lime Hollow Nature Center is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 352 m. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the southeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Simms Hill, a peak 2.6 miles away. Scenic Route 90 passes 5.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 12.8 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 15 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Simms Hill: 2.6 mi
- Cosmos Hill: 5.2 mi
- South Hill: 6.6 mi
- Carr Hill: 6.6 mi
- Tuller Hill: 6.9 mi
- Municipal Water Works Nature Park: 3.7 mi
- Ted Testa Park: 3.9 mi
- Beaudry Park: 4.0 mi
- Sugget Park: 4.4 mi
- Courthouse Park: 4.7 mi
- O.D. von Engeln Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Genung Nature Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Yellow Barn State Forest: 8.6 mi
- Roy H. Park Nature Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Slaterville 600 - Cornell Botanic Gardens: 10.3 mi
- Emilie Jonas Falls: 12.9 mi
- Pocket Falls: 13.6 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 13.8 mi
- Rocky Falls: 14.0 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 14.1 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 6.4 mi
- Old Dam: 12.1 mi
- Millard Fillmore's Cabin: 12.5 mi
- Incodema: 14.0 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 16.0 mi
- Freeville Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 6.3 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 11.6 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 11.6 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 11.6 mi
- 1890 House: 4.3 mi
- New York State Grange Museum: 5.2 mi
- Field School House: 12.8 mi
- Sciencenter: 15.0 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 15.0 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 4.2 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 12.1 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 12.8 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 14.1 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 14.2 mi
- Preble: 11.9 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 17.0 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 22.7 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 17.9 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 21.7 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 15.3 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 15.4 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Lime Hollow Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | SE 129° | 643 m | 7.5 mi |
| Greek Peak | SE 131° | 637 m | 7.0 mi |
| South Hill | SE 129° | 635 m | 6.6 mi |
| Morgan Hill | NE 41° | 618 m | 20.3 mi |
| Randall Hill | ENE 64° | 617 m | 19.7 mi |
| Tuller Hill | ESE 110° | 616 m | 6.9 mi |
| Truxton Hill | NE 34° | 616 m | 16.3 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | SSW 192° | 612 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:50 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 22 | 30 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Freeville 1 NE, 5 mi away.
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage74 obs
- Eastern Newt63 obs
- mayapple62 obs
- Common Garter Snake55 obs
- bloodroot55 obs
- American Toad55 obs
- sharp-lobed hepatica50 obs
- Carolina Springbeauty49 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/947553446
Day trips start here
- Cortland · 5 mi
- Ithaca · 15 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 21 mi
- Trumansburg · 21 mi
- Skaneateles · 28 mi
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