O.D. von Engeln Preserve
O.D. von Engeln Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 334 m. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the east-southeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Groton Ave Park, a park 2.5 miles away. Scenic Route 90 passes 7.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- The Nature Conservancy
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 9.5 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 26.1 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 11 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Groton Ave Park: 2.5 mi
- Mill Dam Park: 2.8 mi
- Mill Dam Park: 2.8 mi
- Montgomery Park: 3.2 mi
- Time Square: 3.3 mi
- Simms Hill: 2.6 mi
- Yellow Barn Hill: 5.2 mi
- Beam Hill: 5.4 mi
- Star Stanton Hill: 6.5 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 6.5 mi
- Genung Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Lime Hollow Nature Center: 3.5 mi
- Yellow Barn State Forest: 6.0 mi
- Roy H. Park Nature Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Slaterville 600 - Cornell Botanic Gardens: 8.0 mi
- Emilie Jonas Falls: 9.6 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 10.3 mi
- Pocket Falls: 10.4 mi
- Rocky Falls: 10.5 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 10.6 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 8.5 mi
- Incodema: 10.8 mi
- Old Dam: 11.2 mi
- Millard Fillmore's Cabin: 12.3 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 12.5 mi
- Freeville Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 2.8 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 8.1 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 8.1 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 8.1 mi
- 1890 House: 7.8 mi
- New York State Grange Museum: 8.7 mi
- Field School House: 9.7 mi
- Sciencenter: 11.5 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 11.5 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 7.7 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 9.6 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 10.6 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 10.7 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 11.5 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 13.5 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 19.6 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 14.4 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 21.5 mi
- Preble: 15.0 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 19.7 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 11.8 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 16.1 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of O.D. von Engeln Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | ESE 109° | 643 m | 9.4 mi |
| Connecticut Hill | WSW 240° | 638 m | 20.9 mi |
| Greek Peak | ESE 109° | 637 m | 8.8 mi |
| South Hill | ESE 107° | 635 m | 8.5 mi |
| Tuller Hill | E 94° | 616 m | 9.5 mi |
| Truxton Hill | NE 39° | 616 m | 19.5 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | SSE 168° | 612 m | 6.5 mi |
| Labrador Hill | NE 38° | 606 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:50 | 16:36 |
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 | 21 | 22 | 30 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Freeville 1 NE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1105625104
Day trips start here
- Cortland · 8 mi
- Ithaca · 12 mi
- Trumansburg · 18 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 19 mi
- Skaneateles · 29 mi
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