Spafford Forest Coldbrook Reforestation Area
Spafford Forest Coldbrook Reforestation Area is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 482 m. Morgan Hill stands 618 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Ripley Hill Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off.
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 10.2 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 21.9 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 26 mi
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ripley Hill: 1.0 mi
- Gifford Hill: 1.4 mi
- Vesper Hill: 1.9 mi
- Preble Hill: 2.3 mi
- Dutch Hill: 4.4 mi
- Otisco Town Park: 5.2 mi
- Cornerstone Park: 5.7 mi
- Cummings Park: 6.0 mi
- Otisco Lake Waterway Access: 7.0 mi
- Brown Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
- Ripley Hill Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Withey Parcel: 1.3 mi
- Hinchcliff Family Preserve: 2.3 mi
- High Vista Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Moon Hill Reforestation Area: 2.9 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 13.5 mi
- Snyder Bridge Dedication Plaque: 14.1 mi
- Marcellus Veterans Memorial: 14.5 mi
- Marcellus Veterans Memorials: 14.5 mi
- Split Rock Rock Crusher: 16.1 mi
- New York State Grange Museum: 13.2 mi
- 1890 House: 13.7 mi
- Steadman House: 14.7 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 15.3 mi
- Friends of Clark Reservation State Park Nature Center: 15.4 mi
- Bucktail Falls: 2.3 mi
- Fellows Falls: 3.6 mi
- Lower Carpenter Falls: 6.2 mi
- Upper Carpenter Falls: 6.3 mi
- Tinker Falls: 9.6 mi
- Mountain Goat: 16.4 mi
- Job: 17.5 mi
- Supplicant Persephone: 17.5 mi
- Saltine Warrior: 17.5 mi
- Ernie Davis: 17.5 mi
- Leonard Property: 6.9 mi
- South Side Garden: 16.6 mi
- Morningside Community Garden: 17.1 mi
- James Pass Arboretum: 17.4 mi
- Bitternut Collective Permaculture Kitchen Garden: 17.6 mi
- Millard Fillmore's Cabin: 11.9 mi
- Old Dam: 14.2 mi
- Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center: 17.8 mi
- Great New York State Fair: 19.4 mi
- New York State Fairgrounds: 19.4 mi
- Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 16.7 mi
- Galster Pavilion: 19.6 mi
- Cedar Bay Pavilion: 19.7 mi
- Willow Bay: 22.4 mi
- Jamesville Beach: 14.4 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 15.0 mi
- Green Lakes Beach: 22.5 mi
- Preble: 6.5 mi
- Dorwin Springs: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Spafford Forest Coldbrook Reforestation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Hill | E 92° | 618 m | 11.6 mi |
| Randall Hill | ESE 114° | 617 m | 17.6 mi |
| Truxton Hill | ESE 108° | 616 m | 7.8 mi |
| Tuller Hill | SSE 165° | 616 m | 18.9 mi |
| Fellows Hill | E 83° | 611 m | 10.2 mi |
| Labrador Hill | E 97° | 606 m | 8.3 mi |
| Bull Hill | ESE 117° | 605 m | 15.7 mi |
| Ripley Hill | W 262° | 604 m | 1.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:04 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 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, 8 mi away.
- painted trillium5 obs
- yellow trout lily3 obs
- wide leek3 obs
- Spring Peeper2 obs
- yellow birch2 obs
- Rose Pogonia2 obs
- marsh marigold2 obs
- Isabella Tiger Moth2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2289475139
Day trips start here
- Cortland · 13 mi
- Skaneateles · 15 mi
- Syracuse · 18 mi
- Auburn · 20 mi
- Cazenovia · 21 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 24 mi
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