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Williams Ridge Preserve

Williams Ridge Preserve from directly overhead

Williams Ridge Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Sarles Hill stands 216 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is St. John's of Lattingtown Memorial Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2023
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Shore Land Alliance

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.88902, -73.61089

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Meudon Ruins: 0.7 mi
  • Meudon Ruins: 0.7 mi
  • Meudon Ruins: 0.8 mi
  • Meudon Ruins: 0.8 mi
  • Papsidero Family: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Joe Stanco Park: 0.8 mi
  • Pryibil Beach Park: 0.9 mi
  • Thomas Park L-1: 1.2 mi
  • Matinecock Rod & Gun Club: 1.3 mi
  • Bailey Arboretum: 1.4 mi
Beaches
Museums
Artworks
Peaks
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 2.8 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 3.4 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 8.0 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 36
  • Upper Education Area: 5.5 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 5.6 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 6.2 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 8.6 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 16
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Farms Falls: 16.3 mi
  • The Loch: 19.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 24.3 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 16.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.4 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Williams Ridge Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sarles HillNNW 333°216 m20.2 mi
Buttermilk HillNW 326°211 m18.5 mi
Mount NeboNW 304°208 m19.8 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 331°180 m17.1 mi
Round HillNNW 348°172 m15.2 mi
Cooney HillNNW 337°170 m16.0 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 328°156 m14.5 mi
Kykuit HillNW 319°147 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1238174185

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