Roy H. Park Nature Preserve
Roy H. Park Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 438 m. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Slaterville 600 - Cornell Botanic Gardens, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 9.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Finger Lakes Land Trust
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 14.5 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 9 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hammond Hill: 1.7 mi
- Star Stanton Hill: 2.4 mi
- Beam Hill: 2.5 mi
- Yellow Barn Hill: 2.6 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 3.5 mi
- Dryden Lake Multiple Use Area: 3.7 mi
- Time Square: 4.6 mi
- Montgomery Park: 4.6 mi
- Etna Community Park: 5.1 mi
- Campbell Meadows: 5.1 mi
- Slaterville 600 - Cornell Botanic Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Yellow Barn State Forest: 1.5 mi
- Polson Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Travis Wildflower Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Durland Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Incodema: 5.2 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 10.6 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 11.1 mi
- Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 12.4 mi
- Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 13.2 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 8.7 mi
- Sciencenter: 9.1 mi
- Museum of the Earth: 10.9 mi
- Field School House: 11.7 mi
- Cayuga Nature Center: 13.2 mi
- Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 5.9 mi
- Freeville Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 7.2 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 7.2 mi
- Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden: 7.2 mi
- Potter's Falls: 6.8 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 7.9 mi
- Rocky Falls: 8.2 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 8.2 mi
- Ithaca Falls: 8.5 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 8.1 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 8.1 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 8.4 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 11.7 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 13.7 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 9.6 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 12.9 mi
- Devils Elbow: 24.3 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 17.4 mi
- Preble: 21.9 mi
- Owego Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 9.0 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 9.0 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 10.8 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Roy H. Park Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | ENE 65° | 643 m | 10.6 mi |
| Connecticut Hill | W 261° | 638 m | 17.7 mi |
| Greek Peak | ENE 63° | 637 m | 10.2 mi |
| South Hill | ENE 60° | 635 m | 10.2 mi |
| Tuller Hill | NE 56° | 616 m | 12.4 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | ENE 61° | 612 m | 2.4 mi |
| Irish Hill | WSW 237° | 599 m | 19.9 mi |
| Hammond Hill | ENE 77° | 598 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:51 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 23 | 31 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ithaca 13 E, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/489659553
Day trips start here
- Ithaca · 9 mi
- Cortland · 14 mi
- Trumansburg · 19 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 22 mi
- Watkins Glen · 28 mi
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