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Acorn Hill Unit

Acorn Hill Unit from directly overhead

Acorn Hill Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the west-northwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Acorn Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 7.5 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply

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Getting there

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Coordinates41.93283, -74.22893

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Tongore Park: 1.0 mi
  • Brown's Station: 1.6 mi
  • Grant Avery Park: 2.8 mi
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 3.6 mi
  • Osterhoudt Flats Preserve: 5.7 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Winchell's Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Metacahonts Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Vernooy Kill Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Coward's Falls: 8.6 mi
  • High Falls Waterfall: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 42
Museums: 34
Artworks: 24
  • Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Gnome Chomsky: 10.0 mi
  • Shandaken Eagle: 11.2 mi
  • Opus 40: 13.0 mi
  • Flame: 13.1 mi
Gardens: 23
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 13.9 mi
  • SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 16.9 mi
Beaches: 19
Attractions: 11
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 8.6 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 8.9 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 11.0 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 12.7 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 13.1 mi
Springs: 8
  • Bear Wallow: 3.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 3.1 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Piped Spring: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Acorn Hill Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainWNW 300°1,266 m9.3 mi
Cornell MountainNW 306°1,174 m8.1 mi
Table MountainW 281°1,165.86 m9.2 mi
Peekamoose MountainW 279°1,164.03 m8.8 mi
Wittenberg MountainNW 311°1,152.75 m8.0 mi
Lone MountainWNW 287°1,127.76 m8.7 mi
Friday MountainWNW 299°1,125 m7.8 mi
DinkWNW 303°1,115.26 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5420:36
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2215:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415360656457463626
Precip in4.73.25.14.95.06.05.25.66.26.45.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424229396

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