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Piney Woods Preserve

Piney Woods Preserve from directly overhead

Piney Woods Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 104 m. Bailey Mountain stands 299 m to the northeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Guard Hill Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 8.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
104 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Bedford
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.21485, -73.66458

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Mount Aspetong: 1.3 mi
  • Guard Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Indian Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Ray Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Fox Hill: 4.6 mi
Parks
  • Bedford Village Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Beaver Dam Park: 2.0 mi
  • John Jay Homestead: 2.4 mi
  • Bedford Hills Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • T-Ball Field: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Foundation of former fire tower: 2.2 mi
  • grave of grand rabbi of kasho : 3.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • Meyer Estate House Ruins: 4.2 mi
  • Cyrus Russell Community House: 4.2 mi
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 5.2 mi
  • River Arch: 11.4 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 12.6 mi
  • Samford Sign: 12.9 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 13.0 mi
Beaches
  • Mamanasco Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Mahopac Hills Beach: 13.0 mi
  • West Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Cummings Park Beach: 14.3 mi
Attractions: 29
Cliffs: 16
Waterfalls: 12
  • Farms Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Cascade: 11.5 mi
  • Cascade: 13.7 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Pell Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 5.1 mi
  • The Meadow: 8.7 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 17.3 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 11.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.2 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 23.1 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 8.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Piney Woods Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bailey MountainNE 41°299.314 m8.9 mi
Watermelon HillNNW 344°290 m10.8 mi
West MountainNE 49°285 m9.5 mi
Titicus MountainNE 36°281 m9.1 mi
Turkey MountainWNW 288°253 m7.3 mi
Dickerson MountainWNW 286°237 m10.9 mi
French HillWNW 298°236 m7.7 mi
Mount AspetongNE 48°229 m1.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2319:5020:32
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1815:4516:29

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1422257633

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