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Pinecliff Audubon Sanctuary

Pinecliff Audubon Sanctuary from directly overhead

Pinecliff Audubon Sanctuary is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 146 m. Turkey Mountain stands 253 m to the north-northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Chappaqua Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 6.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
146 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Saw Mill River Audubon

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.16668, -73.77235

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Chappaqua Hill: 0.4 mi
  • McKesson Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Sarles Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Hog Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Beech Hill: 3.7 mi
Parks
  • Tennis Court: 0.4 mi
  • Wagon Wheel Camp: 0.6 mi
  • Douglas Park: 0.6 mi
  • Depot Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Town Hall Playground and Recreation Field: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Memorial to Korean War veterans from Chappaqua: 0.6 mi
  • Gedney Park 9/11 Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • NRHP Plaque: 3.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Meyer Estate House Ruins: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Merestead Formal Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Ossining Organic Community Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Call to Worship Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Founders Garden: 5.1 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • River Arch: 5.1 mi
  • Current: 8.4 mi
  • Untitled, for Imre Lendvai: 8.4 mi
  • Converging Vistas: 8.5 mi
  • Tappan Zee: 9.7 mi
Cliffs
Beaches
Attractions: 57
Picnic sites: 14
  • Pell Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 11.6 mi
  • The Meadow: 12.1 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 14.9 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Farms Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Cascade: 17.7 mi
  • The Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Cascade: 19.9 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 20.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 15.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Pinecliff Audubon Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey MountainNNW 346°253 m5.8 mi
High TorW 278°244 m10.1 mi
Dickerson MountainNW 322°237 m8.0 mi
French HillN 351°236 m7.1 mi
Indian HillN 352°231 m12.0 mi
Mount AspetongENE 57°229 m7.8 mi
Guard HillNE 54°226 m4.6 mi
Fox HillENE 58°223 m11.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2319:5020:32
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1815:4616:30

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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1422395657

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