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Pruyn Sanctuary

Pruyn Sanctuary from directly overhead

Pruyn Sanctuary is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 124 m. Piano Mountain stands 299 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is McKesson Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
124 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Saw Mill River Audubon
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.19142, -73.77625

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • McKesson Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Chappaqua Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Hog Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Crow Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Stayback Hill: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Gedney Park 9/11 Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Memorial to Korean War veterans from Chappaqua: 2.3 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • John E. Hand Park: 3.7 mi
  • Meyer Estate House Ruins: 4.5 mi
Parks
  • Gedney Park: 1.1 mi
  • Wagon Wheel Camp: 1.2 mi
  • Echo Lake State Park: 2.0 mi
  • Tennis Court: 2.0 mi
  • Douglas Park: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Merestead Formal Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Ossining Organic Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 6.2 mi
  • Call to Worship Garden: 6.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • River Arch: 5.4 mi
  • Brickhead Truth: 9.6 mi
  • Untitled, for Imre Lendvai: 9.8 mi
  • Current: 9.8 mi
  • Converging Vistas: 9.8 mi
Cliffs
Beaches
Attractions: 50
Waterfalls: 10
  • Farms Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Cascade: 17.5 mi
  • Cascade: 19.7 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 10.9 mi
  • Pell Hill: 10.9 mi
  • The Meadow: 12.8 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 16.5 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.2 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 19.1 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 24.7 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 14.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Pruyn Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piano MountainNNW 346°299 m11.1 mi
Turkey MountainNNW 343°253 m4.1 mi
High TorW 268°244 m9.8 mi
Dickerson MountainNW 315°237 m6.6 mi
French HillN 350°236 m5.3 mi
Indian HillN 352°231 m10.3 mi
Mount AspetongENE 70°229 m7.2 mi
Guard HillENE 76°226 m4.0 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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/695835359

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