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Big Buck State Forest

Big Buck State Forest from directly overhead

Big Buck State Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 288 m. Bald Hill stands 456 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is North Putnam Unit, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.49937, -73.71163

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Hill and Dale Community Park: 4.6 mi
  • Ryan's Field: 4.6 mi
  • Depot Hill Multiple Use Area: 5.1 mi
  • Veteran Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
  • CornerStone Park: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Sybil Ludington Statue: 5.5 mi
  • The Mt. Beacon Eight: 11.0 mi
  • chimney: 11.3 mi
  • Sgt. Mark C. Palmateer Memorial Park: 11.6 mi
  • Old Bet Elephant Statue: 11.9 mi
Artworks
Museums: 45
Gardens: 27
  • Personal Gardens: 6.6 mi
  • Boscobel Gardens: 13.2 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 13.6 mi
  • Garden: 14.6 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 15.5 mi
Beaches: 13
Attractions: 13
Waterfalls: 12
  • Upper Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 10.7 mi
  • LG waterfall: 16.6 mi
  • Cascades: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 12
Rest areas: 3
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 3.3 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 3.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Big Buck State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillW 271°456 m10.6 mi
Mount EgbertNNE 12°405 m4.6 mi
Observatory HillNE 55°405 m10.7 mi
Depot HillNNE 20°398 m5.6 mi
Nimham MountSSW 195°388 m2.7 mi
Birch HillE 79°386 m8.1 mi
Round MountainW 271°380 m7.1 mi
Cranberry MountainE 88°376 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2219:5120:33
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1915:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938506067737264534132
Precip in3.73.44.03.83.64.54.43.85.14.73.94.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stormville, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/429542101

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