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Avalon Preserve

Avalon Preserve from directly overhead

Avalon Preserve is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Chestnut Hill stands 141 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Hilltop Meadow, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.

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Coordinates40.90864, -73.15052

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hilltop Meadow: 0.1 mi
  • T. Bayles Minuse Mill Pond Park: 0.5 mi
  • Roosevelt Quad Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Schubert's Beach Town Park: 1.3 mi
  • Otto Schubert Beach: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Avalon Nature Preserve: 0.3 mi
  • Butler-Huntington Woods: 2.4 mi
  • David Weld Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
  • Laurel Ridge Setauket Woods Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
  • Arthur Kunz County Park: 3.5 mi
Museums
Beaches
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens
  • Longwood Community Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Long Island Dahlia Garden: 11.6 mi
  • Community Reflection Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Carlls River Botanical Garden: 15.0 mi
Artworks: 54
  • Cartas Al Cielo: 0.1 mi
  • Umbilic Torus: 1.4 mi
  • Wolfie Statue: 1.5 mi
  • Animal Sculptures: 4.5 mi
  • Inferno: 8.2 mi
Attractions: 15
  • Hercules Pavillion: 0.7 mi
  • Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 11.3 mi
  • Long Island Maritime Museum: 13.2 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 16.9 mi
  • ATCG Tower: 17.0 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Wolf 3: 6.2 mi
  • Wolf 1: 6.2 mi
  • Wolf 2: 6.3 mi
  • Wolf 5: 6.3 mi
  • Wolf 4: 6.3 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 11.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Farmill River Falls: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillN 349°141 m23.2 mi
Hoyden HillNNW 343°134 m22.8 mi
Jayne's HillWSW 246°122 m15.7 mi
Pavement HillNNW 340°120 m21.0 mi
Flat Rock HillNNW 336°109 m23.8 mi
West HillsWSW 247°106 m16.1 mi
Belden HillNW 320°105 m23.6 mi
Chestnut HillNW 326°103 m22.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2219:4720:29
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1515:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333440506069747467564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Setauket Strong, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer345 obs
  • sweet birch330 obs
  • sassafras293 obs
  • wineberry225 obs
  • mapleleaf viburnum192 obs
  • red maple187 obs
  • Canada Goose181 obs
  • black oak154 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/462904016

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