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West Hills Nature Preserve

West Hills Nature Preserve from directly overhead

West Hills Nature Preserve is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 75 m. Round Hill stands 172 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
75 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.79718, -73.42831

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • West Hills Nature Preserve: 0.0 mi
  • Pineridge Park: 1.4 mi
  • Paumanok Wetlands Preserve: 2.1 mi
  • West Rogues Wetlands: 3.0 mi
  • West Rogues Wetlands: 3.0 mi
Parks
  • West Hills County Park: 0.5 mi
  • William Kessler Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sweet Hollow Park: 0.9 mi
  • Deanna Moon Park: 0.9 mi
  • Elderwood Lane Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Museum of American Armor: 1.7 mi
  • Old Bethpage Village Restoration: 1.8 mi
  • Old Bethpage Village Restoration Visitor Center: 2.0 mi
  • Long Island Fair Exhibition Hall: 2.2 mi
  • American Airpower Museum: 4.2 mi
Gardens
  • Rain Garden Planted August 2012: 2.1 mi
  • The Sustainable Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Garden of Hope: 2.9 mi
  • Robert F. Ench Teaching Gardens: 3.0 mi
  • Organic Demonstration Site #1: 3.1 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 36
Picnic sites: 28
  • Picnic Area C: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 3.0 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 6.5 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 6.5 mi
  • Birches: 8.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 5.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Hills Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round HillNNW 329°172 m24.7 mi
Jayne's HillN 7°122 m1.3 mi
West HillsN 351°106 m1.3 mi
Harbor HillW 271°106 m11.1 mi
Talmadge HillN 352°102 m22.7 mi
Clapboard HillN 355°102 m24.1 mi
Webbs HillNNW 342°101 m23.2 mi
Church HillN 352°101 m24.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4820:29
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1515:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323440506069757467564638
Precip in2.72.03.53.63.23.43.13.33.73.42.93.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmingdale Republic AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American chestnut126 obs
  • mountain laurel116 obs
  • trailing arbutus94 obs
  • pink lady's slipper91 obs
  • American wintergreen67 obs
  • striped wintergreen64 obs
  • sassafras56 obs
  • eastern white pine54 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 node/357615347

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