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Rockshelter Preserve

Rockshelter Preserve from directly overhead

Rockshelter Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 133 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the east-northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Frederick P. Rose Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Westchester Land Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.29827, -73.61137

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Fox Valley Town Park: 1.6 mi
  • John Jay Campus: 1.8 mi
  • Lewisboro Town Park: 2.0 mi
  • South Salem Fire Department Grounds: 2.6 mi
  • Mountain Lakes Park: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks: 58
  • Annunaki: 3.6 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 11.4 mi
  • greek letter pi: 11.4 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 12.7 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 14.5 mi
Gardens: 53
Beaches: 48
  • Mamanasco Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Mahopac Hills Beach: 9.5 mi
  • South Beach: 14.5 mi
Attractions: 21
Waterfalls: 12
  • Sheep Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Cascade: 9.4 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Cascade: 11.2 mi
  • Farms Falls: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 3.0 mi
  • Pell Hill: 3.3 mi
  • The Meadow: 12.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 18.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 7.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 14.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 14.1 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.1 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 6.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Rockshelter Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainENE 60°304 m7.4 mi
Bailey MountainENE 73°299.314 m3.3 mi
Moses MountainENE 60°296 m8.7 mi
Senior HillNW 305°292 m8.4 mi
Barlow MountainENE 72°290 m6.2 mi
Watermelon HillNW 309°290 m7.3 mi
Thomas MountainENE 60°286 m9.3 mi
West MountainE 85°285 m4.4 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 °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1466350884

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