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Smithers Connector Parcel

Smithers Connector Parcel from directly overhead

Smithers Connector Parcel is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Francis Pond Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2016
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Shore Land Alliance
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.87176, -73.56651

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
  • The West Portico: 0.7 mi
  • Circular Pool Cherub: 0.7 mi
  • The Outside In: 0.7 mi
  • Orpheus and Eurydice: 0.8 mi
  • Coach Meeting House Mural: 1.4 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Mill Neck Peak: 1.1 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 2.6 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 6.8 mi
Parks
Beaches
Attractions
Picnic sites: 32
  • Upper Education Area: 3.0 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 6.0 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 13.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.7 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • The Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Farms Falls: 17.7 mi
  • The Loch: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Smithers Connector Parcel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNW 322°211 m20.8 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 327°180 m19.3 mi
Round HillNNW 341°172 m17.0 mi
Cooney HillNNW 331°170 m18.0 mi
Kennelwood HillNW 324°156 m16.8 mi
Kykuit HillNW 316°147 m20.9 mi
Beaver HillNW 315°140 m19.2 mi
Hackley HillNW 313°140 m20.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1466366278

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