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The Mt. Holly Preserve

The Mt. Holly Preserve from directly overhead

The Mt. Holly Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 123 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the northeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Marian Yarrow Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Lewisboro Land Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.27776, -73.61965

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • John Jay Campus: 0.6 mi
  • Lewisboro Town Park: 1.7 mi
  • Fox Valley Town Park: 1.7 mi
  • South Salem Fire Department Grounds: 2.6 mi
  • Bedford Audubon Society Park: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Cyrus Russell Community House: 1.1 mi
  • Plaque for William Ward, Founder of the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation: 1.7 mi
  • Old stone wall: 3.6 mi
  • Cottage Ruins: 4.5 mi
  • Cottage Ruins: 4.7 mi
Museums
Peaks
Gardens: 53
Beaches: 49
  • Mamanasco Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Mahopac Hills Beach: 10.2 mi
  • South Beach: 16.0 mi
Artworks: 35
  • Annunaki: 2.7 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 12.5 mi
  • greek letter pi: 12.8 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 13.9 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 15.1 mi
Attractions: 21
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 12
  • Sheep Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Cascade: 9.3 mi
  • Farms Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Cascade: 11.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 2.1 mi
  • Pell Hill: 2.4 mi
  • The Meadow: 11.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 19.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 9.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 13.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 13.1 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 19.3 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 6.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of The Mt. Holly Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNE 53°304 m8.5 mi
Bailey MountainNE 56°299.314 m4.3 mi
Moses MountainNE 54°296 m9.8 mi
Senior HillNW 314°292 m9.0 mi
Barlow MountainENE 62°290 m7.1 mi
Watermelon HillNW 319°290 m8.0 mi
West MountainENE 69°285 m5.2 mi
Ned MountainNE 47°284 m7.1 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/1229464012

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