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West River Preserve

West River Preserve from directly overhead

West River Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 218 m. Frost Hill stands 696 m to the west-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Hill Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Finger Lakes Land Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.65944, -77.33653

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Naples Community Park: 3.5 mi
  • Naples City Hall Park: 4.3 mi
  • Ontario County Park: 4.8 mi
  • Grimes Glen: 5.0 mi
  • Grimes Glen Park: 5.1 mi
Nature reserves: 19
Gardens: 16
  • Noth Entrance/Exit Lane Turf Area Customer Parking Area: 15.5 mi
  • Windscreen Island #6: 15.5 mi
  • Windscreen Island #5: 15.5 mi
  • Windscreen Island #4: 15.5 mi
  • North Entrance/Exit Lane Employee Parking Side Turf Area: 15.5 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Bristol Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • Roswell Murray home site: 21.6 mi
  • Solomon F. Kimball Home: 22.6 mi
  • Jhon P. Green: 22.7 mi
  • Heber C. Kimball: 22.7 mi
Museums: 13
  • Narcissa Prentiss House: 10.0 mi
  • Yates County History Center: 14.2 mi
  • Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum: 16.7 mi
  • Greyton H. Taylor Wine Museum: 17.1 mi
  • Finger Lakes Boating Museum: 18.4 mi
Historic sites: 9
Artworks: 6
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Upper Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Reynolds Gully Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Honeoye Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Silver Thread Falls: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Bristol Harbour Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Kershaw Beach: 15.3 mi
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 15.3 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of West River Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frost HillWNW 303°696 m6.5 mi
Gannett HillNW 308°690 m4.6 mi
Cleveland HillWNW 285°671 m4.6 mi
Canadice HillW 279°671 m9.4 mi
Worden HillNW 317°666 m6.7 mi
High Point HillW 260°659 m5.6 mi
Quail HillNW 306°654 m7.6 mi
Sand HillSW 234°654 m17.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:22
June solstice05:3220:0920:51
September equinox06:5718:3119:09
December solstice07:3715:5416:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455765696861514031
Precip in2.21.92.73.13.24.14.33.73.23.62.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Honeoye, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1245755478

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