Nature reserve · New York
VanRiper Conservation Area
VanRiper Conservation Area is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 162 m. Connecticut Hill stands 638 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway runs past it. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Finger Lakes Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates42.71883, -76.76114
- On the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 3.1 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 15 mi
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Long Point State Park (Finger Lakes): 3.0 mi
- Hernon Park: 5.8 mi
- Frontenac Park: 9.2 mi
- Hector Land Use Area US Forest Service: 9.9 mi
- Cayuga Lake State Park: 12.4 mi
Peaks: 34
- Pumpkin Hill: 3.9 mi
- Bennett Hill: 10.0 mi
- Miller Hill: 10.6 mi
- Butcher Hill: 10.9 mi
- North Hill: 16.1 mi
Nature reserves: 27
- VanRiper Conservation Area: 0.2 mi
- VanRiper Conservation Area: 0.3 mi
- Whitlock Nature Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Willard Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
- Cayuga Shores Wildlife Management Area: 9.4 mi
Museums: 23
- Interlaken Historical Society Farmers Museum: 7.2 mi
- Interlaken Historical Society Community Life Museum: 7.2 mi
- Howland Stone Store Museum: 7.7 mi
- Isabel Howland House (Opendore): 7.7 mi
- Frontenac Historical Society: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 21
- Hosmer Falls: 2.6 mi
- Oak Tree Falls: 3.3 mi
- Silver Thread Falls: 8.8 mi
- Frontenac Falls: 13.1 mi
- Taughannock Falls: 14.8 mi
Attractions: 19
- Birth place of Zebedee Coltrin: 4.2 mi
- Cayuga Lake (Thomas B. Marsh): 7.8 mi
- Rue Claire Lavender Farm and Artisan Chocolate: 11.5 mi
- Site of the Whitmer Red Schoolhouse: 12.3 mi
- Remembrance Farm: 13.0 mi
Historic sites: 19
- The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument: 13.2 mi
- American Civil War Memorial: 13.7 mi
- Cayuga - Seneca Canal: 15.1 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 16.1 mi
- Auburn Roundhouse: 17.2 mi
Gardens: 14
- Trinity Memorial Garden: 13.3 mi
- East Castle Street Butterfly Gardens: 15.1 mi
- East Castle Street Butterfly Gardens: 15.2 mi
- Ithaca Children's Garden: 22.6 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 22.9 mi
Artworks: 13
- Oak Island Rock Sculpture: 13.7 mi
- Early History of Waterloo Mural: 13.8 mi
- Tom Caughlin Mural: 13.8 mi
- Elizabeth Blackwell Sculpture: 14.8 mi
- 'The Scissors' Sculpture: 14.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Hi Banks: 11.6 mi
- Castle Point: 12.5 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 24.6 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 2
- Glenwood Beach: 14.0 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of VanRiper Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Hill | SSE 168° | 638 m | 23.4 mi |
| Buck Hill | S 169° | 594 m | 22.4 mi |
| Rogers Hill | S 180° | 586 m | 23.2 mi |
| Burnt Hill | S 186° | 564 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | S 182° | 562 m | 24.1 mi |
| Foots Hill | S 184° | 558 m | 22.2 mi |
| South Hill | S 182° | 551 m | 20.3 mi |
| North Hill | S 182° | 532 m | 16.1 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 | 20:06 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:51 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 25 | 33 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aurora Rsch Farm, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1272612727
Day trips start here
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 8 mi
- Finger Lakes · 13 mi
- Seneca Falls · 13 mi
- Trumansburg · 13 mi
- Geneva · 15 mi
- Auburn · 18 mi
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