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Macyville Woods Nature Preserve

Macyville Woods Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Macyville Woods Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 85 m. Dynamite Hill stands 216 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Sodus Bay Lighthouse Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail runs past it. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Genesee Land Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates43.26856, -76.99328

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sodus Bay Lighthouse Park: 0.5 mi
  • Willow Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sodus Point Beach Park: 1.0 mi
  • Chimney Bluffs State Park: 3.9 mi
  • Fireman's Field: 4.3 mi
Peaks: 55
  • Freedom Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Chimney Bluff Point: 4.4 mi
  • Governor Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Beam Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Brantling Hill: 9.2 mi
Historic sites: 28
  • Sodus Bay Lighthouse 1825-1871: 0.5 mi
  • Fireman's Memorial Park: 10.1 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 54 - Berlin Lock: 13.5 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 56 - Poorhouse Lock: 14.1 mi
  • Lyons Aqueduct: 14.2 mi
Attractions: 23
  • Pultneyville Yacht Club: 9.8 mi
  • Walworth Bell: 16.7 mi
  • Lucy Harris Home & Farm: 17.6 mi
  • Red School site: 17.7 mi
  • Martin Harris Farm: 17.8 mi
Museums: 18
  • Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum: 0.5 mi
  • Wayne County Museum: 14.1 mi
  • Brick Church Museum: 14.1 mi
  • Mill Museum: 14.2 mi
  • H. G. Hotchkiss Essential Oil Museum (Peppermint Museum): 14.2 mi
Nature reserves: 10
  • Eva and Harlan Braman Preserve: 20.0 mi
  • Four Mile Creek Preserve: 21.1 mi
  • Four Mile Creek Nature Preserve: 23.0 mi
  • High Acres Nature Area: 23.0 mi
  • Four Mile Creek Preserve: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Artworks: 4
  • FireBear: 7.7 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 22.6 mi
  • Herons: 24.4 mi
  • Elmer: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Hope Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Herb Garden: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 1
Springs: 1
  • Klippel Spring: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wolcott Falls: 9.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Macyville Woods Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dynamite HillSW 222°216 m24.7 mi
Young HillSW 215°211 m23.4 mi
Scribner HillSW 224°209 m24.7 mi
Hill CumorahSSW 211°208 m22.1 mi
Brantling HillSSW 205°206 m9.2 mi
Pigeon HillWSW 238°201 m14.4 mi
Jackson HillS 188°201 m17.1 mi
Kuttruff HillWSW 246°198 m18.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4319:20
June solstice05:2920:0920:52
September equinox06:5618:3019:07
December solstice07:3815:4916:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533445665696861503929
Precip in3.02.52.73.23.43.53.63.83.44.33.43.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sodus 1W, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1387618684

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