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Woodlawn Preserve

Woodlawn Preserve from directly overhead

Woodlawn Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 107 m. Henry Hill stands 659 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Town of Niskayuna, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 3.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Permitted
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.76783, -73.90515

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Becker Street Park: 0.8 mi
  • Boxwood Park: 0.8 mi
  • Woodlawn Park: 0.9 mi
  • MacGathan Park: 1.5 mi
  • Carman Park: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Spanish American War Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • 12th Ward World War II Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Klondike Stairs: 3.3 mi
  • Pulaski: 3.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.4 mi
Peaks
Museums: 57
Gardens: 40
Waterfalls: 35
Artworks: 34
  • The U: 3.6 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 3.7 mi
  • William Seward: 3.7 mi
  • Chester Arthur: 3.7 mi
  • GE Wind Turbine Blade: 3.9 mi
Attractions: 33
  • The Capital Region Entertainment Hall of Fame: 3.6 mi
  • Pine Hollow Arboretum: 9.6 mi
  • President Chester Arthur Grave: 9.6 mi
  • Daniel Manning Grave: 9.7 mi
  • Stanford Mausoleum: 9.7 mi
Springs: 15
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Karista Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Polaris: 20.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Cave Wall: 9.2 mi
  • Lower Misery Wall: 9.3 mi
  • Water Streak Wall: 9.3 mi
  • Helderberg Escarpment: 9.3 mi
  • Mahican Wall: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 10.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 13.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Schoharie Crossing Launch: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Woodlawn Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Henry HillSW 225°659 m21.2 mi
Cannady HillWSW 237°645 m20.4 mi
Cotton HillWSW 243°643 m20.7 mi
North HillSW 222°606 m20.8 mi
Cook HillSW 229°604 m21.1 mi
Unchachogue CreekSW 228°597 m19.0 mi
Rundy Cup MountainWSW 245°570 m20.1 mi
Filkins HillSW 218°550 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1819:5520:38
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2415:3916:25

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Asian Lady Beetle169 obs
  • Common Pill Woodlouse138 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel135 obs
  • American Robin120 obs
  • Eastern Black Carpenter Ant72 obs
  • Common Striped Woodlouse70 obs
  • Oriental Beetle62 obs
  • Spongy Moth61 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/303261376

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