Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center
Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Bald Hill stands 88 m to the south, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sound Avenue Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 17 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
How to reach it
- 16.7 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 27.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sound Avenue Nature Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Andrew E. Sabin Nature Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Baiting Hollow Tidal Wetlands Area: 3.1 mi
- Otis Pike Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Otis Pike Preserve - Canoe Lake: 3.9 mi
- Horton Avenue Park: 1.9 mi
- Nadel Drive Park: 2.3 mi
- Two Bears Park: 2.6 mi
- Unity Park: 2.8 mi
- Stotzky Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
- World Trade Center Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Battles of Penny’s and Luce’s Landing: 5.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Wardenclyffe Tower Base: 9.7 mi
- Wolf Pit Lake: 9.9 mi
- Railroad Museum of Long Island: 3.7 mi
- Suffolk County Historical Society Museum: 3.7 mi
- Brookhaven Volunteer Firefighters Museum: 8.8 mi
- Long Island Aero Museum: 8.8 mi
- Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Laboratory: 9.7 mi
- Friars Head: 1.0 mi
- Bald Hill: 5.5 mi
- Jacobs Hill: 6.5 mi
- Rock Hill: 7.9 mi
- Mattituck Hills: 8.1 mi
- Splish Splash: 2.8 mi
- The Big Duck: 6.0 mi
- boulder: 6.3 mi
- Exit sign: 6.9 mi
- Water Mill Windmill: 19.1 mi
- F-14 Tomcat No 160902: 4.7 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of the Island: 8.0 mi
- Altmans Needle & Fiber Arts: 9.5 mi
- Sweet Shoppe: 9.6 mi
- Nikola Tesla: 9.7 mi
- Eastport Roots Community Garden: 8.9 mi
- Rain Garden: 9.5 mi
- Longwood Community Garden: 13.2 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 21.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 22.0 mi
- Chimney Corner: 19.9 mi
- Jumping-off Hill: 20.5 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 23.3 mi
- Ram Head: 24.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 2.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 24.4 mi
- Fog Signal House: 24.3 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 24.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 24.3 mi
- Cascade: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | S 178° | 88 m | 5.5 mi |
| Flanders Hill | SE 136° | 70 m | 8.2 mi |
| Moose Hill | N 356° | 68 m | 24.1 mi |
| Rock Hill | SSW 197° | 64 m | 7.9 mi |
| Beacon Hill | NNW 337° | 58 m | 24.2 mi |
| Mount Misery | W 270° | 54 m | 18.3 mi |
| Shingle Hill | NNW 327° | 52 m | 24.7 mi |
| Hungry Hill | N 3° | 50 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:46 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Riverhead Rsch Farm, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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