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Merrill Meadows

Merrill Meadows from directly overhead

Merrill Meadows is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Saunders Woods, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Shore Wildlife Sanctuary

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.86010, -73.59619

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Parks
  • Thomas Park L-1: 1.0 mi
  • Big Ralph Park: 1.1 mi
  • Danis Park: 1.5 mi
  • Dennis Brian Murray Park: 1.5 mi
  • Monument Park: 1.9 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • Jesus: 1.3 mi
  • Mary: 1.4 mi
  • Dance Studio: 1.8 mi
  • The Outside In: 1.9 mi
  • Lion: 1.9 mi
Beaches
Peaks
  • Mill Neck Peak: 2.8 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 3.7 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 8.4 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 35
  • Upper Education Area: 4.6 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.8 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Farms Falls: 18.3 mi
  • The Loch: 19.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 15.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 19.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 19.0 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Merrill Meadows. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNNW 327°211 m20.6 mi
Mount NeboNW 307°208 m21.6 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 332°180 m19.2 mi
Round HillNNW 347°172 m17.3 mi
Cooney HillNNW 337°170 m18.1 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 330°156 m16.6 mi
Kykuit HillNW 321°147 m20.5 mi
Beaver HillNW 320°140 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1381299592

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