Highland Forest
Highland Forest is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 560 m. Morgan Hill stands 618 m to the west-southwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Arab Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 6.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Onondaga County Parks
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 18.8 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Named places within 25 miles
- Arab Hill: 0.3 mi
- Hogsback: 2.4 mi
- Stockham Hill: 3.6 mi
- Kinney Hill: 3.7 mi
- Morgan Hill: 4.4 mi
- Delphi Falls Park: 3.3 mi
- New Woodstock Heritage Park: 3.8 mi
- Smith Park: 4.3 mi
- Town Hall Recreational Field: 4.6 mi
- Lorenzo State Historic Site: 7.6 mi
- Old Fly Marsh: 5.4 mi
- Three Springs State Forest: 5.6 mi
- Mariposa State Forest: 7.3 mi
- Maxon Creek State Forest: 7.6 mi
- South Meadows Nature Area: 9.3 mi
- Site of railroad turntable: 7.5 mi
- Lime Kiln: 15.9 mi
- Limestone Creek Aqueduct: 16.1 mi
- Butternut Creek Aqueduct: 16.8 mi
- Skytop Fire Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 0.8 mi
- Lorenzo Mansion: 7.7 mi
- Jamesville Community Museum: 14.1 mi
- The Stickley Museum: 14.8 mi
- Friends of Clark Reservation State Park Nature Center: 14.9 mi
- Delphi Falls Upper: 3.2 mi
- Delphi Falls Lower: 3.2 mi
- Spicer Falls: 6.1 mi
- Tinker Falls: 6.3 mi
- Chippewa Falls: 7.9 mi
- Stacks: 7.6 mi
- Willow Sculpture: 8.2 mi
- Jitterbugs: 8.4 mi
- Supplicant Persephone: 18.4 mi
- Job: 18.4 mi
- Leonard Property: 8.8 mi
- Spruce Ridge Landscape & Garden Center: 9.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 16.8 mi
- Morningside Community Garden: 17.8 mi
- South Side Garden: 18.2 mi
- Geographical Center of New York State: 17.6 mi
- Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center: 19.3 mi
- Great New York State Fair: 22.9 mi
- New York State Fairgrounds: 23.1 mi
- Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge: 23.2 mi
- Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 12.9 mi
- Cedar Bay Pavilion: 16.5 mi
- Galster Pavilion: 16.9 mi
- Poolsbrook Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Jamesville Beach: 12.8 mi
- Green Lakes Beach: 16.5 mi
- Preble: 13.5 mi
- The Ledges: 15.0 mi
- Dorwin Springs: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Highland Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Hill | WSW 237° | 618 m | 4.4 mi |
| Muller Hill | ESE 113° | 617 m | 7.5 mi |
| Randall Hill | S 175° | 617 m | 9.3 mi |
| Truxton Hill | WSW 241° | 616 m | 8.9 mi |
| Hunt Hill | ESE 123° | 611 m | 4.9 mi |
| Fellows Hill | W 263° | 611 m | 5.2 mi |
| Labrador Hill | WSW 247° | 606 m | 7.6 mi |
| Bull Hill | S 188° | 605 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:47 | 16:33 |
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 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tully Heiberg Forest, 9 mi away.
- Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander20 obs
- Wood Frog16 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander15 obs
- Herb Robert13 obs
- Wild Basil13 obs
- Eastern Newt11 obs
- Hickory Tussock Moth9 obs
- sensitive fern9 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/133114358
Day trips start here
- Cazenovia · 8 mi
- Central New York · 14 mi
- Syracuse · 19 mi
- Cortland · 20 mi
- Skaneateles · 27 mi
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