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Jay Estate

Jay Estate from directly overhead

Jay Estate is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Guard Hill stands 226 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Jay Heritage Center, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.8 miles off.

23-acre park and historic site with 3 owners: the nonprofit Jay Heritage Center(JHC) (1.5 acres), NY State Parks and Westchester County Parks (21.5 acres tenants in common, NY State 90% and Westchester County 10% interest. Operated by JHC for the public.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Jay Heritage Center

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.95640, -73.70737

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jay Heritage Center: 0.1 mi
  • Marshlands Conservancy: 0.2 mi
  • Rose Avenue Tot Lot: 0.7 mi
  • St. Gregs Park: 0.7 mi
  • Florence Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Museums
Historic sites
Peaks
  • South Ridge: 3.7 mi
  • Kennelwood Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 8.1 mi
  • High Point: 8.7 mi
  • Beaver Hill: 9.9 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Bush-Lyon Homestead: 4.5 mi
  • House Of Sports: 8.4 mi
  • Tillotson Steps: 8.9 mi
  • The Vista: 9.4 mi
  • Cherry Bowl: 9.4 mi
Gardens
  • South Lake Walk: 5.3 mi
  • West Woodland Walk: 5.3 mi
  • Water Lily Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Japanese Iris Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Grass Garden: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 1.9 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 11.0 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 12.0 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 17
Waterfalls: 9
  • The Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Farms Falls: 12.6 mi
  • The Loch: 17.3 mi
  • Cascade: 23.9 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 24.1 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.4 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 19.2 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Jay Estate. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Guard HillN 1°226 m17.2 mi
Chappaqua HillNNW 348°219 m15.2 mi
Sarles HillNNW 342°216 m14.0 mi
Hook MountainNW 316°214 m15.8 mi
McKesson HillNNW 349°213 m16.2 mi
Buttermilk HillNNW 333°211 m11.9 mi
Mount NeboWNW 299°208 m13.1 mi
Indian HillNNE 14°201 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265544435
Precip in3.22.54.14.23.94.34.14.44.94.33.64.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer200 obs
  • Wild Turkey124 obs
  • groundsel tree87 obs
  • wineberry85 obs
  • Osprey78 obs
  • Great Egret75 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly72 obs
  • marsh elder63 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1336956829

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