Beech Mountain Nature Preserve
Beech Mountain Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 803 m. Doubletop Mountain stands 1,180 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Beech Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 22 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Beaverkill Valley Land Trust
How to reach it
- 21.6 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
- 23.6 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Panther Rock · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beech Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Hodge Pond Hill: 1.1 mi
- Mongaup Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Mongaup Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Turnwood: 2.7 mi
- Smith Road Unit: 8.0 mi
- West Neversink Unit: 8.1 mi
- Bungalow Brook Unit: 8.5 mi
- Schumway Road Unit: 8.8 mi
- Brower Hill Unit: 9.1 mi
- Livingston Manor Covered Bridge Park: 7.6 mi
- Creekside Park: 12.3 mi
- Shirley Diamond Memorial Park: 12.8 mi
- Liberty Municipal Park: 12.9 mi
- Francis A. Hanofee Memorial Park: 13.0 mi
- Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 5.3 mi
- ETS Relay (Ruin): 9.3 mi
- Forstmann Castle: 10.9 mi
- Carriage House: 11.5 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 12.8 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 2.1 mi
- Tompkins Falls: 7.3 mi
- High Falls: 9.6 mi
- Russell Brook Falls: 11.8 mi
- Otter Falls: 15.4 mi
- Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 10.6 mi
- Roscoe O&W Museum: 10.9 mi
- Liberty Museum and Arts Center: 12.5 mi
- The Museum at Bethel Woods: 21.2 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 21.9 mi
- Piped Spring: 5.4 mi
- Piped Spring: 11.8 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 15.5 mi
- Box Spring: 16.3 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 20.8 mi
- Giant Ledge: 16.8 mi
- Money Point: 16.9 mi
- Spencers Ledge: 17.8 mi
- Cornell Crack: 18.3 mi
- Samuels Point: 20.7 mi
- VanTran Covered Bridge: 7.6 mi
- Rail Explorers: 21.9 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 22.3 mi
- White Rock: 24.8 mi
- Beamoc Trout: 10.9 mi
- Winnisook: 16.2 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 21.4 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 23.0 mi
- Roscoe: 8.6 mi
- East Branch Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Beech Mountain Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doubletop Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,180 m | 10.0 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain - South Peak | ENE 71° | 1,175 m | 10.0 mi |
| Graham Mountain | ENE 63° | 1,174 m | 9.4 mi |
| Balsam Lake Mountain | NE 52° | 1,136 m | 7.7 mi |
| Big Indian Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,127.46 m | 11.7 mi |
| Eagle Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,092.1 m | 11.9 mi |
| Millbrook Ridge | NE 38° | 1,080 m | 6.6 mi |
| Dry Brook Ridge | NNE 30° | 1,058 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:34 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:56 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:46 | 16:31 |
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 | 31 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Liberty 1 NE, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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