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Thayer Farm

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Thayer Farm from directly overhead

Thayer Farm is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 397 m. Hooker Mountain stands 709 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Goodyear Swamp Sanctuary, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 3.3 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station

How to reach it

Coordinates42.79374, -74.90067

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Spring Park: 5.9 mi
  • Richfield Springs Municipal Park: 6.2 mi
  • Lake Front Park: 6.4 mi
  • Cary Park: 6.4 mi
  • Council Rock Park: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Historic sites: 18
  • James Fenimore Cooper Statue: 6.6 mi
  • Cherry Valley Massacre Monument: 7.3 mi
  • David Pethic Memorial Plaque: 9.5 mi
  • Grave of Henry Seeber: 10.7 mi
  • Fort Herkimer Waste Weir: 15.8 mi
Museums: 14
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • East Worcester Rest Area: 16.8 mi
  • Mohawk Valley Welcome Center: 24.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Thayer Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hooker MountainS 171°709 m13.7 mi
Pine MountainSE 128°698 m15.9 mi
Algerine HillSE 130°684 m15.6 mi
Cornish HillS 184°680 m9.4 mi
Dog HillS 172°678 m15.7 mi
Stone Quarry HillSE 136°669 m15.6 mi
Elliot HillSE 124°660 m14.0 mi
Rum HillWNW 288°641 m2.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3519:12
June solstice05:2219:5920:42
September equinox06:4818:2218:59
December solstice07:2815:4316:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182028415361666457463525
Precip in3.13.13.64.23.74.74.64.64.24.93.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cooperstown, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1420436052

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