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Tommy Thurber Preserve

Tommy Thurber Preserve from directly overhead

Tommy Thurber Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 115 m. Dunderberg Mountain stands 325 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Litt Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
115 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.16331, -73.83854

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Litt Park: 0.2 mi
  • Richard Wishnie Park: 0.3 mi
  • Authur J. Jones Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Ryder Park: 0.7 mi
  • Pocket Park: 1.0 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • River Arch: 1.7 mi
  • Brickhead Truth: 6.7 mi
  • Untitled, for Imre Lendvai: 6.8 mi
  • Converging Vistas: 6.9 mi
  • Current: 6.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Motts Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Beech Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Catamount Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Sarles Hill: 2.8 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Historic sites
Cliffs
  • Raven's Rock: 4.8 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 10.2 mi
  • Hell Hole: 13.7 mi
  • Castle Rock: 13.9 mi
  • Palisades: 14.0 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 15
  • Kakiat Park: 14.4 mi
  • Pell Hill: 14.7 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 14.7 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
  • The Meadow: 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Farms Falls: 11.9 mi
  • The Falls: 19.0 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Cascade: 21.1 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 18.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Tommy Thurber Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dunderberg MountainNW 318°325 m11.4 mi
Cheesecote MountainWNW 285°296 m11.2 mi
Turkey MountainNNE 19°253 m6.2 mi
High TorWNW 284°244 m6.8 mi
Buckberg MountainNW 308°241 m10.8 mi
Dickerson MountainNNW 347°237 m6.8 mi
French HillNNE 18°236 m7.6 mi
Mount AspetongENE 66°229 m11.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2419:5120:32
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1815:4616:30

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1422088991

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