Reese Preserve
Reese Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Tower Hill stands 126 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 2.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Peconic Land Trust
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wolf Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge: 3.4 mi
- Widow’s Hole Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Sag Harbor Tidal Wetlands Area: 5.4 mi
- North Haven Tidal Wetlands Area: 5.4 mi
- Cedar Beach County Park: 0.8 mi
- Founders Landing Park: 1.6 mi
- South Harbor Park: 1.8 mi
- Robert W. Tasker Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
- Jean W. Cochran Park: 3.1 mi
- Firefigher of 9/11 Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Trout Ponds (Ruins): 4.4 mi
- Ice House (ruins): 7.0 mi
- Wolf Pit Lake: 7.2 mi
- Camp 5 Building (ruins): 9.8 mi
- Shell Beach: 3.1 mi
- Crescent Beach: 3.4 mi
- Hashamomuck Beach: 3.5 mi
- Kenneys Road Beach: 3.6 mi
- Wade's Beach: 3.6 mi
- Oregon Hills: 7.0 mi
- Powder Hill: 9.0 mi
- Mattituck Hills: 9.1 mi
- Browns Hills: 9.7 mi
- Jacobs Hill: 10.6 mi
- Southold Indian Museum: 1.9 mi
- Southold Historical Museum: 2.2 mi
- Horton Point Lighthouse Nautical Museum: 3.9 mi
- Long Island Train Museum: 4.6 mi
- East End Seaport Maritime Museum: 4.7 mi
- Rain Garden: 7.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 16.5 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 20.6 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 20.6 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 21.2 mi
- watchtower: 4.8 mi
- Parking: 8.4 mi
- Slaves Burying Ground: 8.5 mi
- Water Mill Windmill: 9.3 mi
- The Big Duck: 14.7 mi
- Big Bird: 0.7 mi
- Sweet Shoppe: 7.6 mi
- Altmans Needle & Fiber Arts: 7.6 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 17.1 mi
- James Madison: 19.5 mi
- Jumping-off Hill: 5.6 mi
- Ram Head: 7.0 mi
- Hedges Bank: 9.3 mi
- Crow Head: 14.4 mi
- Acabonack Cliff: 14.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 19.0 mi
- Cascade: 22.8 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 24.5 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 15.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Reese Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hill | NNW 345° | 126 m | 22.7 mi |
| Buell Hill | NNW 337° | 119 m | 23.4 mi |
| Bushy Hill | N 351° | 105 m | 21.8 mi |
| Roast Meat Hill | NNW 340° | 103 m | 22.4 mi |
| Post Hill | N 350° | 101 m | 22.7 mi |
| Millstone Hill | N 1° | 101 m | 23.4 mi |
| Orchard Hill | N 355° | 94 m | 22.3 mi |
| Bald Hill | SW 236° | 88 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mattituck, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1126119301
Day trips start here
- Old Saybrook · 18 mi
- Old Lyme · 20 mi
- Essex · 22 mi
- East Lyme · 23 mi
- Waterford · 25 mi
- New London · 27 mi
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