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Woodcock Preserve

Woodcock Preserve from directly overhead

Woodcock Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 97 m. Spruce Mountain stands 612 m to the north, 23 miles off. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 3.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.88591, -73.82954

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • George T. Smith Park: 1.1 mi
  • Clifton Common Park: 1.8 mi
  • Bernini Drive Park: 2.0 mi
  • Martin Jewett Park: 2.2 mi
  • Locust Lane Park: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Family Cemetery: 2.8 mi
  • Country Club: 3.1 mi
  • Erie Canal Lock 21: 3.6 mi
  • Pexford House: 3.7 mi
  • Rexford Aqueduct: 3.8 mi
Peaks
Museums: 56
Gardens: 39
Waterfalls: 36
Attractions: 35
  • The Capital Region Entertainment Hall of Fame: 7.6 mi
  • Uncle Sam's Grave: 11.8 mi
  • United Methodist Church bell: 12.5 mi
  • Yaddo Gardens: 13.2 mi
  • Stanford Mausoleum: 13.2 mi
Artworks: 34
  • The U: 6.8 mi
  • Chester Arthur: 6.9 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 7.4 mi
  • William Seward: 7.4 mi
  • Boy Scouts of America 40th Anniversary Crusade to Strengthen the Arms of Liberty Statue of Liberty: 7.7 mi
Springs: 15
  • Karista Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Polaris: 11.5 mi
  • non-carbonated water: 11.5 mi
  • Hayes Spring: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Cohoes Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Maclachan Ridge: 14.6 mi
  • Cave Wall: 18.1 mi
  • Lower Misery Wall: 18.1 mi
  • Water Streak Wall: 18.2 mi
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 2.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 20.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Schoharie Crossing Launch: 23.6 mi
  • Nature Center Pavillion: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce MountainN 350°612 m23.2 mi
Perigo HillSE 129°571 m23.8 mi
Filkins HillSSW 213°550 m23.5 mi
Dickinson HillESE 107°537 m22.0 mi
Bald BluffNW 325°500 m23.0 mi
Wolf HillSSW 203°495 m22.0 mi
The CobbleENE 64°443 m22.1 mi
Bunker HillESE 120°436.8 m18.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3019:08
June solstice05:1719:5520:38
September equinox06:4318:1718:55
December solstice07:2415:3816:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736486068737164514130
Precip in2.62.33.13.13.44.14.63.83.73.93.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albany Intl AP, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/890957596

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