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Ramsay Hunt Preserve

Ramsay Hunt Preserve from directly overhead

Ramsay Hunt Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 148 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mary Parker Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

Preserve open to the public

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Bedford Audubon
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.27878, -73.65910

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bedford Audubon Society Park: 0.8 mi
  • Fox Valley Town Park: 1.5 mi
  • John Jay Homestead: 2.0 mi
  • Katonah Memorial Park Baseball Field: 2.1 mi
  • Katonah Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Cyrus Russell Community House: 2.7 mi
  • Plaque for William Ward, Founder of the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation: 3.3 mi
  • grave of grand rabbi of kasho : 3.6 mi
  • Old Bet Elephant Statue: 3.7 mi
  • Old stone wall: 5.7 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 4.5 mi
  • River Arch: 13.8 mi
  • greek letter pi: 14.2 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 14.2 mi
  • Arc: 14.3 mi
Gardens: 56
Beaches: 45
Attractions: 27
Cliffs: 11
Waterfalls: 11
  • Farms Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Cascade: 11.3 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Cascade: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 4.0 mi
  • Pell Hill: 4.2 mi
  • The Meadow: 12.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 21.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 10.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 14.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 14.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.8 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 8.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Ramsay Hunt Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainENE 61°304 m10.2 mi
Bailey MountainENE 68°299.314 m6.1 mi
Piano MountainWNW 298°299 m9.9 mi
Senior HillNW 325°292 m7.6 mi
Hitchcock HillNNW 335°292 m10.2 mi
Watermelon HillNNW 332°290 m6.8 mi
Barlow MountainENE 68°290 m9.0 mi
West MountainENE 76°285 m7.1 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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1237654336

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