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Pratt's Falls Park

Pratt's Falls Park from directly overhead

Pratt's Falls Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 354 m. Morgan Hill stands 618 m to the south, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Pratts Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
354 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Onondaga County Parks
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.93364, -75.99647
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves: 49
Historic sites: 35
  • Site of railroad turntable: 6.4 mi
  • Lime Kiln: 7.4 mi
  • Limestone Creek Aqueduct: 7.7 mi
  • Butternut Creek Aqueduct: 8.1 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial Monument: 8.2 mi
Museums: 29
  • Jamesville Community Museum: 5.5 mi
  • The Stickley Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Friends of Clark Reservation State Park Nature Center: 6.5 mi
  • Matilda Joslyn Gage Center: 6.6 mi
  • Lorenzo Mansion: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 16
Artworks: 14
Gardens: 9
  • Butterfly Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Morningside Community Garden: 9.3 mi
  • South Side Garden: 9.8 mi
  • E.M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Spruce Ridge Landscape & Garden Center: 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
  • Cedar Bay Pavilion: 7.9 mi
  • Galster Pavilion: 8.2 mi
  • Poolsbrook Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Willow Bay: 17.6 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Jamesville Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Green Lakes Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Valentine's Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Oneida Shores: 20.9 mi
  • Verona Beach: 21.5 mi
Attractions: 5
Springs: 1
  • Dorwin Springs: 8.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Preble: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Pratt's Falls Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morgan HillS 179°618 m10.2 mi
Muller HillSE 135°617 m15.3 mi
Randall HillSSE 165°617 m17.7 mi
Truxton HillSSW 198°616 m12.8 mi
Fellows HillS 188°611 m8.6 mi
Hunt HillSE 143°611 m13.1 mi
Labrador HillSSW 196°606 m11.2 mi
Bull HillS 171°605 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3919:16
June solstice05:2620:0420:47
September equinox06:5218:2619:03
December solstice07:3315:4716:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202129425462676658473626
Precip in2.92.93.74.23.65.14.64.74.94.53.83.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tully Heiberg Forest, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander61 obs
  • Northern Two-lined Salamander22 obs
  • purple-flowered raspberry15 obs
  • Green Frog14 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander13 obs
  • red trillium13 obs
  • water smartweed13 obs
  • pale jewelweed12 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/449447692

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