Martin Nature Preserve
Martin Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 433 m. Connecticut Hill stands 638 m to the east-northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Pleasant, a peak 0.8 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Finger Lakes Land Trust
How to reach it
- 13.7 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 21.6 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 14 mi
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Pleasant: 0.8 mi
- Rogers Hill: 1.2 mi
- Oak Hill: 2.0 mi
- VanLone Hill: 2.2 mi
- Foots Hill: 2.6 mi
- Connecticut Hill State Game Management Area: 4.1 mi
- Marina Park: 4.6 mi
- Shequaga Falls Park: 4.7 mi
- Clute Park: 5.1 mi
- LaFayette Park: 5.6 mi
- Texas Hollow State Forest: 2.7 mi
- Stevenson Forest Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Bock-Harvey Forest Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Cliffside State Forest: 7.8 mi
- Coon Hollow State Forest: 12.1 mi
- Deckertown Falls: 3.7 mi
- Shequaga Falls: 4.7 mi
- Aunt Sarah's Falls: 4.8 mi
- Central Cascade: 6.0 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 6.1 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 15.3 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 15.4 mi
- Soaring Capital of America: 16.0 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 17.4 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 17.8 mi
- Schuyler County Historical Society: 4.3 mi
- Ulysses Historical Society: 13.0 mi
- Museum of the Earth: 13.5 mi
- Horseheads Historical Society: 14.1 mi
- Sciencenter: 14.4 mi
- Seneca Lake Pier House: 5.8 mi
- Hunt's Christmas Tree Farm In The Finger Lakes: 10.4 mi
- Muddy Fingers Farm: 11.7 mi
- Steel Deck Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Fire hydrant: 12.1 mi
- Ithaca Children's Garden: 13.9 mi
- Alpha Phi Alpha memorial garden: 15.3 mi
- Farrand Garden: 15.5 mi
- Rockwell Azalea Garden: 15.5 mi
- Minn's Garden: 15.7 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 14.2 mi
- Olivia Langdon: 18.7 mi
- Mark Twain: 18.7 mi
- Thomas K. Beecher Statue: 19.2 mi
- Spanish-American War Statue: 19.3 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 6.0 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 13.0 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 15.1 mi
- Castle Point: 16.6 mi
- Erwin Text Zone / Parking Area: 22.1 mi
- Campbell Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 11.9 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Martin Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Hill | ENE 74° | 638 m | 5.0 mi |
| Irish Hill | SE 140° | 599 m | 8.5 mi |
| Doll Hill | ESE 105° | 596 m | 6.3 mi |
| Buck Hill | ENE 61° | 594 m | 4.9 mi |
| Rogers Hill | NNE 13° | 586 m | 1.2 mi |
| Seely Hill | ESE 113° | 582 m | 12.1 mi |
| Quackenbush Hill | SW 222° | 580 m | 16.6 mi |
| Martin Hill | SW 223° | 579 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:53 | 16:38 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mecklenburg 4SW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1245153400
Day trips start here
- Watkins Glen · 6 mi
- Trumansburg · 13 mi
- Ithaca · 14 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 20 mi
- Southern Tier · 23 mi
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