Sims-Jennings Preserve at Cayuga Cliffs
Sims-Jennings Preserve at Cayuga Cliffs is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 257 m. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Ludlowville Falls, a waterfall 1.5 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway runs past it.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Finger Lakes Land Trust
How to reach it
- On the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 7.1 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 3 mi
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Myers Park: 2.0 mi
- Jacksonville Community Park: 4.6 mi
- Ned Hickey Park: 6.6 mi
- East Shore Park: 7.1 mi
- Marian Hartill Park: 7.1 mi
- Lobdell Hill: 4.6 mi
- Bean Hill: 5.3 mi
- Comstock Knoll: 9.2 mi
- Miller Hill: 9.2 mi
- Bennett Hill: 10.2 mi
- Taughannock Falls State Park: 3.2 mi
- Cayuga Shores Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi
- Cascadilla Gorge: 9.2 mi
- Reynolds Game Farm: 10.4 mi
- South Hill Natural Area West: 10.4 mi
- Ludlowville Falls: 1.5 mi
- Taughannock Falls: 3.0 mi
- Frontenac Falls: 3.5 mi
- Pocket Falls: 3.7 mi
- Emilie Jonas Falls: 4.3 mi
- Tree Service: 4.9 mi
- Rt 96 Self Storage: 5.1 mi
- Fire hydrant: 5.2 mi
- Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 5.3 mi
- Steel Deck Bridge: 5.6 mi
- Cayuga Nature Center: 3.1 mi
- Field School House: 3.6 mi
- Ulysses Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- Museum of the Earth: 6.9 mi
- Sciencenter: 8.4 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 8.2 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 8.2 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 8.2 mi
- Ithaca Children's Garden: 8.5 mi
- Farrand Garden: 9.0 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 1.6 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 3.7 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 8.9 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 8.9 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 19.3 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 10.9 mi
- Castle Point: 17.8 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 19.7 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 20.7 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 10.8 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 17.3 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 9.1 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 18.5 mi
- Preble: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Sims-Jennings Preserve at Cayuga Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | ESE 102° | 643 m | 22.2 mi |
| Connecticut Hill | SSW 203° | 638 m | 13.3 mi |
| Greek Peak | ESE 102° | 637 m | 21.7 mi |
| South Hill | ESE 101° | 635 m | 21.4 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | ESE 120° | 612 m | 16.4 mi |
| Irish Hill | SSW 193° | 599 m | 20.6 mi |
| Hammond Hill | ESE 123° | 598 m | 16.4 mi |
| Doll Hill | SSW 195° | 596 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:51 | 16:37 |
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 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ithaca Cornell Univ, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/8796621567
Day trips start here
- Trumansburg · 5 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 7 mi
- Ithaca · 9 mi
- Cortland · 20 mi
- Watkins Glen · 20 mi
- Auburn · 26 mi
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