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Scuba Diving Access Area

Scuba Diving Access Area from directly overhead

Scuba Diving Access Area is a beach in New York, at a modelled elevation of 504 m. Table Mountain stands 1,166 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Minnewaska Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off.

Small beach area used primarily for scuba diving access and for launching non-motorized boats, both activities require the purchase of a permit. Swimming is not permitted here. Also known as Diver's Cove.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.72891, -74.23525

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Bridge Abutments: 1.2 mi
  • Former Home Sites: 1.2 mi
  • Bridge Abutments: 1.3 mi
  • House & Generator Shack Ruins: 3.4 mi
  • Fly Brook Bridge Abutment: 3.5 mi
Peaks
  • Millbrook Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Whale's Head: 1.6 mi
  • Dickie Barre: 1.9 mi
  • 855': 2.2 mi
  • Hades Hill: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Shawangunk Multiple Use Area: 2.8 mi
  • Rochester Town Park: 4.0 mi
  • Majestic Park: 5.4 mi
  • Galeville Park: 6.3 mi
  • Lippman Park: 6.5 mi
Artworks
Museums: 41
  • Fire Department Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Ulster County Fair Agricultural Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Napanoch Station: 6.7 mi
  • Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art: 7.9 mi
  • Borscht Belt Museum: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 35
  • Awosting Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Peter's Kill Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Sheldon Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Saw Mill Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 2.4 mi
Cliffs: 35
  • Khadeja Wall: 1.0 mi
  • Peterskill West Cliff: 1.1 mi
  • Breakfast Wall: 1.1 mi
  • Peterskill Middle Cliff: 1.2 mi
  • Breaker Wall: 1.2 mi
Attractions: 31
  • Swimming Hole: 2.3 mi
  • Ulster County Fair: 5.9 mi
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 6.5 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 6.7 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 7.8 mi
Gardens: 23
Beaches: 15
Springs: 7
  • Bear Wallow: 13.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 13.9 mi
  • Box Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 17.5 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Scuba Diving Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Table MountainNNW 331°1,165.86 m18.1 mi
Peekamoose MountainNNW 332°1,164.03 m17.6 mi
Lone MountainNNW 334°1,127.76 m18.4 mi
Balsam CapNNW 340°1,099.72 m18.3 mi
Rocky MountainNNW 337°1,062.84 m18.3 mi
Van Wyck MountainNNW 326°976 m18.6 mi
Ashokan High PointNNW 349°939 m13.8 mi
Southeast Little RockyNNW 340°922 m13.6 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/233695435

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