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Scuba Diving Access Area

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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
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.72891, -74.23525

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

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
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
Historic sites: 55
  • Bridge Abutments: 1.2 mi
  • Former Home Sites: 1.2 mi
  • House & Generator Shack Ruins: 3.4 mi
  • Fly Brook Bridge Abutment: 3.5 mi
  • Gatehouse Site: 3.8 mi
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
Cliffs: 34
  • 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
Nature reserves
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
Waterfalls: 29
  • 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
Gardens: 21
Beaches: 14
Springs: 6
  • Bear Wallow: 13.8 mi
  • Box Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Piped Spring: 18.7 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 18.8 miles of Scuba Diving Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Table MountainNNW1,166 m18.1 mi
Peekamoose MountainNNW1,164 m17.6 mi
Lone MountainNNW1,128 m18.4 mi
Balsam CapNNW1,100 m18.3 mi
Rocky MountainNNW1,063 m18.3 mi
Van Wyck MountainNNW976 m18.6 mi
Ashokan High PointNNW939 m13.8 mi
Southeast Little RockyNNW922 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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