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Lake Minnewaska Beach

Lake Minnewaska Beach from directly overhead

Lake Minnewaska Beach is a beach in New York, at a modelled elevation of 501 m. Table Mountain stands 1,166 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Scuba Diving Access Area, a beach 0.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

About

The story

lake in Ulster County, New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q35733502, matched on coordinates and name (308 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.72748, -74.23781

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Bridge Abutments: 1.1 mi
  • Former Home Sites: 1.3 mi
  • Bridge Abutments: 1.4 mi
  • House & Generator Shack Ruins: 3.3 mi
  • Fly Brook Bridge Abutment: 3.3 mi
Peaks
  • Millbrook Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Whale's Head: 1.7 mi
  • Dickie Barre: 2.0 mi
  • 855': 2.4 mi
  • Hades Hill: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Shawangunk Multiple Use Area: 2.9 mi
  • Rochester Town Park: 4.1 mi
  • Majestic Park: 5.4 mi
  • Galeville Park: 6.2 mi
  • Lippman Park: 6.4 mi
Artworks
Museums: 41
  • Fire Department Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Ulster County Fair Agricultural Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Napanoch Station: 6.6 mi
  • Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art: 8.0 mi
  • Borscht Belt Museum: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 35
  • Awosting Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Peter's Kill Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Sheldon Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Saw Mill Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 2.2 mi
Cliffs: 35
  • Khadeja Wall: 1.2 mi
  • Peterskill West Cliff: 1.2 mi
  • Breakfast Wall: 1.3 mi
  • Peterskill Middle Cliff: 1.3 mi
  • Breaker Wall: 1.3 mi
Attractions: 31
  • Swimming Hole: 2.5 mi
  • Ulster County Fair: 6.1 mi
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 6.4 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 6.8 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 8.0 mi
Gardens: 23
Beaches: 15
Springs: 7
  • Box Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 13.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 14.0 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 17.4 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Lake Minnewaska Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Table MountainNNW 332°1,165.86 m18.1 mi
Peekamoose MountainNNW 332°1,164.03 m17.6 mi
Lone MountainNNW 335°1,127.76 m18.4 mi
Balsam CapNNW 340°1,099.72 m18.3 mi
Rocky MountainNNW 338°1,062.84 m18.3 mi
Van Wyck MountainNNW 327°976 m18.6 mi
Ashokan High PointN 349°939 m13.9 mi
Southeast Little RockyNNW 341°922 m13.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2319:5420:36
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2215:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937496069737164534232
Precip in3.83.24.34.04.04.84.74.85.25.23.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mohonk Lake, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/233695433

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