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New Vida Preserve

New Vida Preserve from directly overhead

New Vida Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 318 m. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the west, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Wall, a cliff 0.5 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 0.5 miles off.

All trails are open to the community every Friday at sunrise to every Sunday at Sunset for FREE. All guests must sign a trail waiver online. When you arrive, please complete the trail register inside the lodge foyer.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Richard/Matthew Vidal
Access
Permitted

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.38162, -73.76796

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 59
Parks: 48
  • The Covered Bridge: 2.2 mi
  • Wilmington Bike Park: 2.3 mi
  • Wilmington Heritage Park: 2.4 mi
  • Lake Everest - Town Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Town of Wilmington Beach: 2.7 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Flume Falls: 3.7 mi
  • The Flume Fall: 3.7 mi
  • Lower Stag Brook Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Upper Stag Brook Falls: 5.3 mi
  • High Falls (Climax): 5.7 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Historic sites: 20
  • Bert Williams Farm: 1.0 mi
  • J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 5.8 mi
  • Randy Preston Memorial: 6.8 mi
  • 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 10.4 mi
  • Clintonville: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Potholes: 5.7 mi
  • Indian Head Rock: 5.7 mi
  • Whirlpool Cove: 5.7 mi
  • Master Pothole: 5.7 mi
  • Porridge Potholes: 5.7 mi
Museums: 11
  • Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 12.6 mi
  • Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 12.7 mi
  • Adirondack history center museum: 14.4 mi
  • Adirondack History Museum: 14.4 mi
  • Anderson Falls Heritage Society Museum: 16.6 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 20.5 mi
  • Westport Beach: 21.4 mi
  • Shelburne Beach: 24.8 mi
Gardens: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Footbridge Park: 14.1 mi
  • AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Big Wooden Bear (8'): 6.4 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of New Vida Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whiteface MountainW 261°1,466 m6.8 mi
Esther MountainW 274°1,293 m6.0 mi
Lookout MountainW 268°1,242 m5.9 mi
Sentinel MountainSW 219°1,174 m6.7 mi
Little Whiteface MountainWSW 254°1,111 m6.4 mi
Stewart MountainSW 229°1,104 m5.8 mi
Jay BenchmarkSE 134°1,097 m7.0 mi
Morgan MountainWNW 300°1,050 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1219:5920:44
September equinox06:4318:1618:54
December solstice07:2915:3116:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151826395160646356443221
Precip in3.12.32.93.43.94.84.44.03.94.23.43.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1428301500

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