Beaver Lake Nature Center
Beaver Lake Nature Center is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 130 m. Manns Hill stands 495 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Beaver Lake Visitor Center, a museum 0.3 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 15 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Onondaga County Parks
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 18.6 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 22.2 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 25.1 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Meteorology Observation Deck · 20 mi
- Paid viewfinder · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lysander Town Park: 3.4 mi
- Mercer Park: 3.9 mi
- Baldwin Canal Square: 4.2 mi
- Three Rivers State Game Management Area: 4.7 mi
- Baldwinsville Community Park: 5.0 mi
- The Kingdom: 4.6 mi
- Sorrel Hill: 5.2 mi
- Ashbys Pinnacle: 7.8 mi
- Woodchuck Hill: 8.3 mi
- Pump Hill: 9.3 mi
- Oswego Canal Lock 5 - Mud Lock: 8.9 mi
- Oak Orchard Lock Wall: 10.0 mi
- Department Of The Air Force: 12.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial At The Fair: 12.3 mi
- United States Coast Guard: 12.3 mi
- Beaver Lake Visitor Center: 0.3 mi
- Shacksboro Museum: 4.3 mi
- Lost World Museum: 6.5 mi
- Bridge House Museum: 6.5 mi
- Liverpool Village Museum: 11.4 mi
- Curtiss Gale Wildlife Management Area: 7.5 mi
- Seneca River Waterway Access: 9.2 mi
- Camillus Forest Unique Area: 10.2 mi
- Split Rock Unique Area: 13.4 mi
- Bigsby Drumlin: 14.5 mi
- Tipperary Hill Heritage Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Walt: 15.6 mi
- One, Two, Three: 15.7 mi
- Waiting for the Night Train: 16.2 mi
- Mountain Goat: 16.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden of Hope: 12.0 mi
- James Pass Arboretum: 14.5 mi
- Bitternut Collective Permaculture Kitchen Garden: 15.4 mi
- South Side Garden: 17.1 mi
- E.M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden: 17.2 mi
- Stevenson Beach: 9.1 mi
- Oneida Shores: 15.5 mi
- Valentine's Beach: 18.9 mi
- Flat Rocks: 20.3 mi
- Jamesville Beach: 22.4 mi
- New York State Fairgrounds: 12.1 mi
- Great New York State Fair: 12.3 mi
- Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge: 12.5 mi
- Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center: 16.2 mi
- Sterling Renaissance Festival: 17.5 mi
- The Bluffs: 18.3 mi
- Sitts Bluff: 18.3 mi
- McIntyres Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Scotts Bluff: 20.8 mi
- Willow Bay: 9.7 mi
- Galster Pavilion: 20.4 mi
- Cedar Bay Pavilion: 20.9 mi
- Marcellus Falls: 12.7 mi
- Guppy Falls: 14.8 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 20.5 mi
- Dorwin Springs: 18.5 mi
- West Pierhead Light: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Beaver Lake Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manns Hill | SSE 153° | 495 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bare Mountain | SSE 150° | 489 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mason Hill | SE 136° | 465 m | 24.3 mi |
| Irish Hill | SE 138° | 458 m | 24.5 mi |
| Miller Hill | SE 138° | 435 m | 22.0 mi |
| Thomas Hill | SE 139° | 396 m | 22.9 mi |
| Case Hill | SSE 150° | 384 m | 22.9 mi |
| Howlett Hill | SSE 154° | 344 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:06 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:47 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 32 | 45 | 58 | 66 | 70 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fulton, 9 mi away.
- Green Frog120 obs
- Common Garter Snake112 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander107 obs
- American Goldfinch76 obs
- Common Watersnake69 obs
- House Finch52 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle51 obs
- White-tailed Deer51 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/133114821
Day trips start here
- Weedsport · 12 mi
- Skaneateles · 16 mi
- Syracuse · 16 mi
- Auburn · 19 mi
- Wolcott · 21 mi
- Seneca Falls · 27 mi
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