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Pine Tree Wildlife Preserve

Pine Tree Wildlife Preserve from directly overhead

Pine Tree Wildlife Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 308 m. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is East Ithaca Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Ithaca

How to reach it

Coordinates42.42863, -76.45988

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grandview Park: 0.4 mi
  • Tudor Park: 0.5 mi
  • Hungerford Heights Park: 0.6 mi
  • Eastern Heights Park: 0.7 mi
  • Strawberry Fields: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 31
Waterfalls: 23
  • Potter's Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Triphammer Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Rocky Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Ithaca Falls: 2.3 mi
Museums: 17
Attractions: 16
  • Incodema: 2.6 mi
  • The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 4.8 mi
  • Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 6.3 mi
  • Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 7.1 mi
  • Rt 96 Self Storage: 7.7 mi
Gardens: 13
Historic sites: 9
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 1
  • Black Lives Matter: 2.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Der deutsche Strand: 4.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Tamarack Spring: 7.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Whitney Point Rest Area: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Pine Tree Wildlife Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Virgil MountainENE 75°643 m16.9 mi
Connecticut HillWSW 255°638 m11.1 mi
Greek PeakENE 73°637 m16.5 mi
South HillENE 72°635 m16.4 mi
Tuller HillENE 68°616 m18.3 mi
Star Stanton HillE 82°612 m8.9 mi
Irish HillSW 223°599 m14.7 mi
Hammond HillE 87°598 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4119:18
June solstice05:3020:0420:47
September equinox06:5418:2819:05
December solstice07:3315:5116:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232431445665696760493929
Precip in2.22.02.83.43.24.03.93.83.83.72.92.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ithaca Cornell Univ, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1153289239

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