Stevenson Forest Preserve
Stevenson Forest Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 399 m. Connecticut Hill stands 638 m to the southwest, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bock-Harvey Forest Preserve, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 6.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Finger Lakes Land Trust
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 17.6 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 7 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Hill: 2.2 mi
- Connecticut Hill: 2.3 mi
- Rowell Hill: 3.1 mi
- Protts Hill: 3.5 mi
- Doll Hill: 4.7 mi
- Newfield Community Park: 4.5 mi
- Connecticut Hill State Game Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Negundo Woods: 5.9 mi
- McDaniels Park: 6.2 mi
- Cedar Creek Park: 6.3 mi
- Bock-Harvey Forest Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls State Park: 6.1 mi
- South Hill Natural Area West: 6.7 mi
- Martin Nature Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Texas Hollow State Forest: 7.3 mi
- Lucifer Falls: 2.8 mi
- Lower Falls: 4.0 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 6.0 mi
- Ithaca Falls: 8.0 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 8.3 mi
- Museum of the Earth: 6.5 mi
- Sciencenter: 7.4 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 7.5 mi
- Cayuga Nature Center: 8.5 mi
- Ulysses Historical Society: 8.8 mi
- Rt 96 Self Storage: 6.1 mi
- Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 6.2 mi
- Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 6.2 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 6.4 mi
- Tree Service: 7.4 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 8.3 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 8.3 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 11.2 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 11.2 mi
- Soaring Capital of America: 21.8 mi
- Ithaca Children's Garden: 6.8 mi
- Alpha Phi Alpha memorial garden: 8.2 mi
- Farrand Garden: 8.4 mi
- Rockwell Azalea Garden: 8.5 mi
- Minn's Garden: 8.6 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 7.1 mi
- Olivia Langdon: 23.4 mi
- Mark Twain: 23.4 mi
- Labrador Duck: 23.8 mi
- Thomas K. Beecher Statue: 23.8 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 6.3 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 11.6 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 12.6 mi
- Castle Point: 18.3 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 5.2 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 12.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Stevenson Forest Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Hill | SW 224° | 638 m | 2.3 mi |
| Irish Hill | S 185° | 599 m | 9.5 mi |
| Hammond Hill | E 84° | 598 m | 17.6 mi |
| Doll Hill | S 184° | 596 m | 4.7 mi |
| Buck Hill | WSW 252° | 594 m | 2.2 mi |
| Beam Hill | ENE 79° | 594 m | 17.5 mi |
| Rogers Hill | WSW 253° | 586 m | 6.4 mi |
| Seely Hill | SSE 148° | 582 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:52 | 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 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mecklenburg 4SW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/825978765
Day trips start here
- Ithaca · 7 mi
- Trumansburg · 9 mi
- Watkins Glen · 12 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 16 mi
- Cortland · 27 mi
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