High Vista Nature Preserve

High Vista Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Town of Scott, Cortland, New York. High Vista Nature Preserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Fair Haven, as well as near Glen Haven.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ripley Hill and Spafford Forest.

Ripley Hill

Peak

Ripley Hill straddles the divide between the Skaneateles Lake and Otisco Lake watersheds, it was once considered to be the highest point in Onondaga County, New York at 1,986 feet, but is now recognized to be slightly lower than the high point of Highland Forest, Fellows Hill 2019 ft and Morgan Hill at 2060 ft.

Spafford Forest

Nature reserve

Spafford Forest is an Onondaga County preserve that provides trails for hiking and dirt biking. It is close to Ripley Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spafford and Scott.

Spafford

Village

Photo: Lvklock, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Spafford is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 1,588. The town was named after Horatio Gates Spafford, a writer and founder of the local library.

Scott

Village

Scott is a town in Cortland County, New York, United States. The population was 1,176 at the 2010 census. The town was named after General Winfield Scott. It is in the northwestern corner of Cortland County and is northwest of the City of Cortland.

Sempronius

Hamlet

Sempronius is a town in Cayuga County, New York, United States. The population was 840 at the 2020 census. The town was named after a Roman military and political leader by Robert Harpur, a clerk interested in the classics.

High Vista Nature Preserve

Type: Nature reserve
Wheelchair access: no
Category: recreation area
Location: Town of Scott, Cortland, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.7671° or 42° 46′ 2″ north

Longitude

-76.2596° or 76° 15′ 35″ west

Open location code

87J5QP8R+R4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 321077953

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=no

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Localities in the Area

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