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Oscawana Island Nature Preserve

Oscawana Island Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Oscawana Island Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Bear Mountain stands 394 m to the northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Race Track Reservoir, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Town of Cortlandt
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.22784, -73.92539

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Race Track Reservoir: 0.3 mi
  • McAndrews Estate: 0.3 mi
  • Judges Stand: 0.3 mi
  • Main House Site: 0.3 mi
  • Fountain: 0.3 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Gouveia Park: 1.1 mi
  • Sunset Park: 1.5 mi
  • Croton Landing: 1.8 mi
  • Verplanck Waterfront Park: 2.4 mi
  • Senasqua Park: 2.5 mi
Peaks
  • Prickly Pear Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Spitzenberg Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Hessian Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Torment Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Collaberg Mountain: 2.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Brickhead Truth: 3.1 mi
  • Arc: 3.9 mi
  • River Arch: 5.7 mi
  • Tappan Zee: 10.0 mi
  • Approach: 10.1 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 59
  • Scenic Overlook: 6.4 mi
  • Hell Hole: 7.6 mi
  • Raven's Rock: 10.7 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 11.0 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 12.2 mi
Attractions: 57
Beaches: 34
Picnic sites: 15
  • Kakiat Park: 11.4 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 17.7 mi
  • Pell Hill: 17.9 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Farms Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 23.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 24.4 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 22.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Oscawana Island Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear MountainNW 325°394 m7.2 mi
Jackie Jones MountainW 268°383 m7.6 mi
West MountainNW 311°382 m5.9 mi
Letterrock MountainWNW 292°371 m8.0 mi
Black MountainWNW 303°355 m7.2 mi
Irish MountainW 275°346 m7.0 mi
Grape Swamp MountainW 278°345 m7.6 mi
Bald MountainNW 319°341 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2419:5120:33
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1915:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485867727063524132
Precip in3.73.14.13.93.95.04.34.34.84.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yorktown HTS 1W, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1302590338

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