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Purdys Ridge Preserve

Purdys Ridge Preserve from directly overhead

Purdys Ridge Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 143 m. Nimham Mount stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Joe Bohrdrum Field Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Salem Open Land Foundation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.32123, -73.65530

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Joe Bohrdrum Field Park: 1.0 mi
  • Bailey Park: 1.7 mi
  • Fox Valley Town Park: 1.9 mi
  • Firemans Field: 2.0 mi
  • Bedford Audubon Society Park: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Old Bet Elephant Statue: 1.6 mi
  • Cyrus Russell Community House: 4.6 mi
  • Plaque for William Ward, Founder of the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation: 5.2 mi
  • grave of grand rabbi of kasho : 6.0 mi
  • Old stone wall: 6.3 mi
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 6.2 mi
  • greek letter pi: 12.3 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 13.0 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 13.7 mi
  • Arc: 14.7 mi
Gardens: 52
Beaches: 40
  • Mamanasco Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Mahopac Hills Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Canopus Beach: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 21
Waterfalls: 12
  • Sheep Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Cascade: 12.2 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Farms Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Cascade: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 5.6 mi
  • Pell Hill: 5.9 mi
  • The Meadow: 14.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 21.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 8.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 15.9 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 16.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 9.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Purdys Ridge Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nimham MountNNW 340°388 m10.3 mi
California HillNW 322°359 m10.2 mi
Prospect HillWNW 301°335 m10.1 mi
Moose HillNW 317°330 m9.9 mi
Pine MountainENE 77°304 m8.9 mi
Bailey MountainE 97°299.314 m5.4 mi
Piano MountainW 281°299 m9.1 mi
Moses MountainENE 75°296 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2219:5020:32
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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1446093226

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