South Meadows Nature Area
South Meadows Nature Area is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 381 m. Morgan Hill stands 618 m to the east, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cummings Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.
borders the Village's Cummings Park off Grove Street. There is a stream that runs along the northern boundary of the property. Adjacent to the stream there is a shrub swamp with lots of dogwood and alder, pockets of emergent marsh and floodplai
What to expect
- Operated by
- Central New York Land Trust
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 12.1 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 27.2 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Cummings Park: 0.2 mi
- Cornerstone Park: 0.5 mi
- Brown Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
- Bailey Park: 6.9 mi
- Otisco Town Park: 7.0 mi
- The Pinnacle: 1.7 mi
- Meeker Hill: 2.1 mi
- Labrador Hill: 2.5 mi
- Jones Hill: 2.9 mi
- Truxton Hill: 3.0 mi
- Tully Field Station: 0.9 mi
- Tracy Lake: 2.4 mi
- Withey Parcel: 5.3 mi
- Spafford Forest Coldbrook Reforestation Area: 6.1 mi
- Ripley Hill Nature Preserve: 7.1 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 14.4 mi
- Site of railroad turntable: 14.5 mi
- Skytop Fire Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Pyramid Grave: 16.4 mi
- Spanish War Memorial: 17.1 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 9.3 mi
- Jamesville Community Museum: 13.5 mi
- New York State Grange Museum: 13.7 mi
- Friends of Clark Reservation State Park Nature Center: 13.7 mi
- 1890 House: 14.5 mi
- Fellows Falls: 3.2 mi
- Tinker Falls: 3.5 mi
- Bucktail Falls: 7.3 mi
- Spicer Falls: 7.8 mi
- Pratts Falls: 10.7 mi
- Willow Sculpture: 15.4 mi
- Stacks: 15.6 mi
- Jitterbugs: 15.6 mi
- Mountain Goat: 16.2 mi
- Supplicant Persephone: 16.7 mi
- Leonard Property: 1.3 mi
- South Side Garden: 16.0 mi
- Morningside Community Garden: 16.2 mi
- E.M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden: 16.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 17.4 mi
- Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center: 17.3 mi
- Millard Fillmore's Cabin: 17.4 mi
- Old Dam: 19.5 mi
- Great New York State Fair: 19.9 mi
- New York State Fairgrounds: 20.0 mi
- Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 12.9 mi
- Cedar Bay Pavilion: 17.3 mi
- Galster Pavilion: 17.4 mi
- Poolsbrook Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Jamesville Beach: 12.1 mi
- Green Lakes Beach: 19.3 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 21.0 mi
- Preble: 6.0 mi
- Dorwin Springs: 13.3 mi
- The Ledges: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of South Meadows Nature Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Hill | E 98° | 618 m | 5.5 mi |
| Randall Hill | SE 127° | 617 m | 12.5 mi |
| Muller Hill | E 95° | 617 m | 16.1 mi |
| Truxton Hill | SSE 154° | 616 m | 3.0 mi |
| Fellows Hill | ENE 76° | 611 m | 4.1 mi |
| Hunt Hill | E 94° | 611 m | 13.2 mi |
| Labrador Hill | ESE 121° | 606 m | 2.5 mi |
| Bull Hill | SE 133° | 605 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:39 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:48 | 16:34 |
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 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tully Heiberg Forest, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Cortland · 14 mi
- Cazenovia · 16 mi
- Syracuse · 18 mi
- Skaneateles · 20 mi
- Central New York · 21 mi
- Auburn · 25 mi
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