Baxter Brook Unit
Baxter Brook Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 322 m. Mary Smith Hill stands 846 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Twadell Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 7.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
- 24.6 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Twadell Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Baxter Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Rock Rift Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Trout Brook Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Fuller Hill: 5.0 mi
- Colchester Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 4.1 mi
- Read Creek Unit: 4.5 mi
- Horton Brook Unit: 6.0 mi
- Beerston Unit: 6.1 mi
- Fish Brook Unit: 6.6 mi
- Bear Spring Mountain Game Management Area: 5.5 mi
- East Branch Delaware River Waterway Access: 5.8 mi
- Covered Bridge Park: 7.0 mi
- Upper Basset Park: 9.5 mi
- Bassett Park: 9.6 mi
- Cat Hollow Legend: 9.0 mi
- Handen Covered Bridge: 13.1 mi
- Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 22.2 mi
- Carriage House: 23.5 mi
- Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 24.4 mi
- Russell Brook Falls: 9.2 mi
- Jensen Cascade: 11.3 mi
- Tompkins Falls: 18.1 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 19.3 mi
- Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 10.1 mi
- Roscoe O&W Museum: 12.3 mi
- Deposit Historical Museum: 16.0 mi
- Liberty Museum and Arts Center: 24.8 mi
- White Rock: 9.6 mi
- VanTran Covered Bridge: 16.5 mi
- Home of Squire Zachariah Tarble: 24.8 mi
- East Branch Rest Area: 3.5 mi
- Roscoe: 14.7 mi
- Money Point: 7.7 mi
- Overlook Cliff: 11.9 mi
- Piped Spring: 22.7 mi
- Spencer Spring: 24.0 mi
- Beamoc Trout: 12.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Baxter Brook Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Smith Hill | E 86° | 846 m | 14.3 mi |
| Brock Mountain | E 85° | 841 m | 11.1 mi |
| Cherry Ridge | E 99° | 801 m | 7.9 mi |
| Cherry Ridge | E 93° | 793 m | 7.3 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NE 38° | 783 m | 11.5 mi |
| Starkweather Hill | NNE 25° | 776 m | 7.4 mi |
| Brock Mountain | E 82° | 766 m | 10.9 mi |
| Morton Hill | ESE 105° | 765 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:58 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:47 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downsville DAM, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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