Yellow Barn State Forest
Yellow Barn State Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 557 m. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Yellow Barn Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 8.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 13.0 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 9 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Yellow Barn Hill: 1.2 mi
- Beam Hill: 1.5 mi
- Hammond Hill: 2.1 mi
- Star Stanton Hill: 2.2 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 2.8 mi
- Dryden Lake Multiple Use Area: 3.0 mi
- Montgomery Park: 3.2 mi
- Time Square: 3.2 mi
- Etna Community Park: 3.9 mi
- Campbell Meadows: 4.2 mi
- Roy H. Park Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Slaterville 600 - Cornell Botanic Gardens: 2.0 mi
- Durland Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Polson Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Travis Wildflower Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Incodema: 5.8 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 9.9 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 10.7 mi
- Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 12.0 mi
- Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 12.8 mi
- Potter's Falls: 7.1 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 7.6 mi
- Rocky Falls: 7.9 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 8.0 mi
- Ithaca Falls: 8.3 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 8.6 mi
- Sciencenter: 8.9 mi
- Museum of the Earth: 10.6 mi
- Field School House: 10.7 mi
- Cayuga Nature Center: 12.5 mi
- Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 4.4 mi
- Freeville Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 6.5 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 6.5 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 6.5 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 7.9 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 7.9 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 9.0 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 10.7 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 12.5 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 9.9 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 14.1 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Preble: 20.6 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 8.9 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 10.3 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 11.0 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Yellow Barn State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | ENE 73° | 643 m | 10.1 mi |
| Connecticut Hill | WSW 256° | 638 m | 17.9 mi |
| Greek Peak | ENE 71° | 637 m | 9.7 mi |
| South Hill | ENE 69° | 635 m | 9.6 mi |
| Tuller Hill | ENE 63° | 616 m | 11.7 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | E 99° | 612 m | 2.2 mi |
| Hammond Hill | ESE 122° | 598 m | 2.1 mi |
| Doll Hill | WSW 245° | 596 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:50 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 23 | 31 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ithaca 13 E, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Ithaca · 9 mi
- Cortland · 13 mi
- Trumansburg · 18 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 21 mi
- Watkins Glen · 28 mi
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