Paul Road Nature Center
Paul Road Nature Center is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 165 m. Burks Hill stands 430 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Chili Memorial Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 9.9 miles off.
A nature center established adjacent to Paul Road School in the 1990s by the Paul Road School and Family Association and the Boy Scouts. It features a series of mulched and maintained trails.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Paul Road School and Family Association
How to reach it
- 9.9 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Owen's Point · 12 mi
- Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chili Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Yolanda Park: 1.4 mi
- Black Creek Waterway Access: 2.2 mi
- Ballantyne Park: 2.2 mi
- Day Care Park: 2.4 mi
- Turntable Pit: 1.8 mi
- Scholars' Bench: 2.8 mi
- Tojo Memorial Garden: 2.8 mi
- Ellingson Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Meridian Marker: 5.2 mi
- Cloaked Intentions: 2.6 mi
- Unity: 2.7 mi
- Infinity Sculpture: 2.8 mi
- Tiger Statue: 2.9 mi
- The Sentinel: 2.9 mi
- Shop One: 2.7 mi
- Altitude Trampoline Park: 4.1 mi
- Chili Historical Society: 4.6 mi
- Indykart Raceway: 4.7 mi
- Rochester Movies 10: 4.8 mi
- Munson Hill: 4.6 mi
- Methodist Hill: 4.8 mi
- Woodchuck Hill: 5.4 mi
- Groundhog Hill: 6.5 mi
- Ryder Hill: 7.1 mi
- Cybersecurity Experience Center: 2.7 mi
- New York Museum of Transportation: 6.0 mi
- Susan B. Anthony House: 6.1 mi
- Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum: 6.8 mi
- High Falls Museum: 6.9 mi
- Brookedale Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Nature Center: 2.8 mi
- Cedar Springs Fish Hatchery: 7.5 mi
- Christine Sevilla Wetlands Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Erie Canal Nature Preserve: 10.4 mi
- RIT Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Whipple Park Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Peace Maker Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Sunken Garden: 6.2 mi
- Pansy Bed: 6.6 mi
- Upper Falls: 6.9 mi
- High Falls: 7.0 mi
- Middle Falls: 7.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 7.3 mi
- Norton’s Falls: 8.1 mi
- Windsor Beach: 12.4 mi
- Ontario Beach: 12.5 mi
- Hamlin Beach: 21.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 11.9 mi
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse: 11.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Paul Road Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burks Hill | SW 230° | 430 m | 24.0 mi |
| Scarff Hill | SW 232° | 424 m | 24.0 mi |
| Hurst Hill | SW 227° | 412 m | 24.0 mi |
| Henderson Hill | S 175° | 379 m | 23.4 mi |
| Skunk Hill | SW 229° | 362 m | 22.4 mi |
| Pikes Peak | SW 220° | 361 m | 22.6 mi |
| Booher Hill | S 182° | 360 m | 23.5 mi |
| Oak Mountain | SE 134° | 358 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:46 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:11 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 15:53 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester GTR Intl, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Farmington · 22 mi
- Palmyra · 25 mi
- Canandaigua · 27 mi
- Williamson · 28 mi
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