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Hudson Highlands Nature Center - Outdoor Discovery Campus

Hudson Highlands Nature Center - Outdoor Discovery Campus from directly overhead

Hudson Highlands Nature Center - Outdoor Discovery Campus is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 103 m. Schunnemunk Mountain stands 507 m to the west-southwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Hudson Highlands Outdoor Discovery Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
103 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Hudson Highlands Nature Center

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.42194, -74.03472

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Frog Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Deer Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Black Rock: 1.2 mi
  • Honey Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Whitehorse Mountain: 1.5 mi
Parks
  • Sands Ring Park: 1.1 mi
  • Monument Park: 1.3 mi
  • Laurel Crest Park: 1.4 mi
  • Moodna Creek Waterway Access: 2.0 mi
  • Pagenstecher Park: 2.1 mi
Artworks
  • For Paul: 1.2 mi
  • Momo Taro: 1.3 mi
  • Suspended: 1.3 mi
  • Three Legged Buddha: 1.3 mi
  • Lookout: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Roe Park: 1.4 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 5.6 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 5.8 mi
  • Hudson Highlands Land Trust: 6.3 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 6.4 mi
Cliffs
  • Eagle Cliff: 2.5 mi
  • Hell Hole: 7.1 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 12.4 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 16.4 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 17.0 mi
Gardens: 50
  • Haldane School Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Boscobel Gardens: 5.0 mi
  • West Coast: 14.7 mi
  • Las Vegas: 14.7 mi
  • Middle America: 14.7 mi
Museums: 40
Attractions: 36
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 10.2 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 10.3 mi
  • Bowling Rocks: 13.2 mi
  • Rogue Riders: 14.6 mi
  • LEGO Build-A-Boat: 14.6 mi
Beaches: 12
Waterfalls: 8
  • LG waterfall: 18.1 mi
  • Verkeerderkill Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Awosting Falls: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 14.2 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.3 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 18.3 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 18.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Hudson Highlands Nature Center - Outdoor Discovery Campus. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Schunnemunk MountainWSW 244°507 m4.7 mi
South Beacon MountainNE 49°491 m6.2 mi
North Beacon MountainNE 45°465 m6.5 mi
Bald HillNE 48°456 m8.2 mi
Lambs HillNE 47°454 m7.5 mi
Spy RockSSE 162°441 m2.3 mi
Bull HillENE 75°433 m4.2 mi
Rattlesnake HillSE 142°429 m2.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2319:5220:34
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:2015:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506170757466554434
Precip in3.82.94.04.03.84.64.65.04.65.34.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368061730

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