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Wolf Preserve

Wolf Preserve from directly overhead

Wolf Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Tower Hill stands 126 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Reese Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 2.1 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Peconic Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.03791, -72.40647

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
Beaches
Peaks
  • Oregon Hills: 6.8 mi
  • Mattituck Hills: 8.8 mi
  • Powder Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Browns Hills: 9.9 mi
  • Jacobs Hill: 10.4 mi
Museums: 51
  • Southold Indian Museum: 1.8 mi
  • Southold Historical Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Horton Point Lighthouse Nautical Museum: 3.8 mi
  • Long Island Train Museum: 4.8 mi
  • East End Seaport Maritime Museum: 4.9 mi
Gardens: 13
Attractions: 11
Artworks: 8
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 2
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascade: 22.8 mi
  • Nineveh Falls: 24.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Wolf Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tower HillNNW 345°126 m22.8 mi
Buell HillNNW 338°119 m23.5 mi
Bushy HillN 351°105 m21.9 mi
Roast Meat HillNNW 341°103 m22.5 mi
Post HillN 350°101 m22.8 mi
Millstone HillN 1°101 m23.5 mi
Orchard HillN 356°94 m22.4 mi
Bald HillSW 236°88 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1819:4420:26
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1215:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737366554536
Precip in3.63.14.24.13.53.83.14.13.84.03.54.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mattituck, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1126119302

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