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The Mildred E. Grierson Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary

The Mildred E. Grierson Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

The Mildred E. Grierson Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 117 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the east-northeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Marian Yarrow Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
117 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Lewisboro Land Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.28893, -73.63004

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Fox Valley Town Park: 0.8 mi
  • John Jay Campus: 1.5 mi
  • Bedford Audubon Society Park: 2.2 mi
  • Lewisboro Town Park: 2.4 mi
  • John Jay Homestead: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Cyrus Russell Community House: 2.0 mi
  • Plaque for William Ward, Founder of the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation: 2.6 mi
  • Old Bet Elephant Statue: 4.0 mi
  • Old stone wall: 4.2 mi
  • grave of grand rabbi of kasho : 5.2 mi
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 3.6 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 12.6 mi
  • greek letter pi: 12.6 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 13.8 mi
  • River Arch: 15.5 mi
Gardens: 53
Beaches: 48
  • Mamanasco Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Mahopac Hills Beach: 9.3 mi
  • South Beach: 15.6 mi
Attractions: 21
Waterfalls: 12
  • Sheep Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Cascade: 10.1 mi
  • Farms Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Cascade: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 3.0 mi
  • Pell Hill: 3.3 mi
  • The Meadow: 12.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 20.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 20.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 9.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 14.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 14.1 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.4 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 7.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of The Mildred E. Grierson Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainENE 60°304 m8.6 mi
Bailey MountainENE 69°299.314 m4.4 mi
Moses MountainENE 60°296 m9.8 mi
Senior HillNW 313°292 m8.0 mi
Hitchcock HillNW 326°292 m10.3 mi
Watermelon HillNW 318°290 m7.1 mi
Barlow MountainENE 69°290 m7.3 mi
Thomas MountainENE 59°286 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2219:5020:32
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1815:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485867727063524132
Precip in3.73.14.13.93.95.04.34.34.84.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yorktown HTS 1W, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1421775590

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