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Ooms Conservation Area

Ooms Conservation Area from directly overhead

Ooms Conservation Area is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. Pine Mountain stands 680 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Tony's Nose, a peak 2.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 18 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Columbia Land Conservancy

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.39989, -73.56843

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Crellin Community Park: 2.7 mi
  • Spencertown Public Park: 5.5 mi
  • Creekside Park: 6.3 mi
  • Kinderhook Village Green: 6.6 mi
  • Mills Park: 6.8 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums: 50
Artworks: 44
  • Valatie Santa Claus: 6.0 mi
  • Martin Van Buren Statue: 6.6 mi
  • I ♥ NY: 12.1 mi
  • Copland Sculpture: 13.4 mi
  • Courtyard by Marriott: 15.0 mi
Attractions: 34
  • concrete bases: 14.0 mi
  • balanced rock: 14.1 mi
  • concrete bases: 14.6 mi
  • stone pillar: 14.7 mi
  • Edith Wharton's Home: 15.3 mi
Gardens: 32
Waterfalls: 26
  • High Falls Waterfall: 11.4 mi
  • Hoags Corners Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Wynants Kill Falls: 15.8 mi
  • falls: 19.0 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Adams Point Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Oakdale Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Waterfront: 21.3 mi
  • East Beach: 22.4 mi
  • West Beach: 22.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 3
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 9.1 mi
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 9.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 17.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 21.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Ooms Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainENE 63°680 m14.2 mi
Tower MountainENE 61°670 m13.9 mi
Berry MountainENE 61°668 m14.7 mi
Smith MountainENE 64°660 m13.2 mi
Yokun SeatE 89°645 m13.4 mi
Perry PeakE 81°631 m9.8 mi
Harvey MountainSE 129°627 m9.5 mi
West MountainENE 68°597 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1819:5320:35
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:2115:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485968737164524131
Precip in2.22.22.93.33.84.53.84.44.64.33.22.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valatie 1 N, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/837680285

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