Otisco Lake Preserve
Otisco Lake Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 298 m. Morgan Hill stands 618 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Otisco Lake Waterway Access, a park 1.6 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 9.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Finger Lakes Land Trust
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 14.6 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 20.4 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 27 mi
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Otisco Lake Waterway Access: 1.6 mi
- Otisco Lake Park: 2.6 mi
- Otisco Town Park: 4.5 mi
- Bailey Park: 7.7 mi
- Marcellus Youth Soccer Fields: 7.7 mi
- Manns Hill: 4.8 mi
- Ripley Hill: 5.2 mi
- Lords Hill: 5.4 mi
- Case Hill: 5.8 mi
- Vesper Hill: 5.8 mi
- High Hickory Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Amberations: 2.1 mi
- Moon Hill Reforestation Area: 2.7 mi
- Bahar Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Carpenter Falls Unique Area: 4.0 mi
- Snyder Bridge Dedication Plaque: 8.7 mi
- Marcellus Veterans Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Marcellus Veterans Memorials: 9.2 mi
- Split Rock Rock Crusher: 11.8 mi
- Skytop Fire Memorial: 14.0 mi
- Steadman House: 9.3 mi
- Friends of Clark Reservation State Park Nature Center: 13.7 mi
- Jamesville Community Museum: 14.4 mi
- Harriet Tubman Visitor Center & Tubman Home for the Aged: 14.4 mi
- Harriet Tubman Residence: 14.5 mi
- Mountain Goat: 13.3 mi
- Tipperary Hill Heritage Memorial: 14.1 mi
- Ernie Davis: 14.7 mi
- Saltine Warrior: 14.7 mi
- Job: 14.7 mi
- Bucktail Falls: 3.4 mi
- Lower Carpenter Falls: 3.7 mi
- Upper Carpenter Falls: 4.2 mi
- Fellows Falls: 7.2 mi
- Guppy Falls: 9.3 mi
- Leonard Property: 11.5 mi
- South Side Garden: 13.8 mi
- James Pass Arboretum: 13.8 mi
- Bitternut Collective Permaculture Kitchen Garden: 14.3 mi
- Morningside Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Millard Fillmore's Cabin: 12.7 mi
- Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center: 14.8 mi
- Harriet Tubman Gravesite: 15.0 mi
- Old Dam: 15.2 mi
- New York State Fairgrounds: 15.4 mi
- Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Galster Pavilion: 17.8 mi
- Cedar Bay Pavilion: 18.1 mi
- Willow Bay: 18.1 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 22.2 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 11.9 mi
- Jamesville Beach: 13.5 mi
- Green Lakes Beach: 21.5 mi
- Dorwin Springs: 11.0 mi
- Preble: 12.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Otisco Lake Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Hill | ESE 108° | 618 m | 15.8 mi |
| Truxton Hill | ESE 122° | 616 m | 12.9 mi |
| Fellows Hill | ESE 103° | 611 m | 13.9 mi |
| Labrador Hill | ESE 115° | 606 m | 12.9 mi |
| Bull Hill | ESE 123° | 605 m | 20.9 mi |
| Ripley Hill | SSE 152° | 604 m | 5.2 mi |
| Jones Hill | ESE 109° | 598 m | 13.2 mi |
| Arab Hill | E 97° | 593 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:48 | 16:35 |
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 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tully Heiberg Forest, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1267966719
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