Nature reserve · New York
Boulder Hill Unit
Boulder Hill Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 539 m. Bearpen Mountain stands 1,098 m to the northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Denver Unit, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
How to reach it
Coordinates42.21947, -74.56403
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Denver Unit: 1.5 mi
- Hawk Hollow Unit: 1.5 mi
- South Roxbury Unit: 1.6 mi
- Roxbury Run Unit: 1.9 mi
- Hinkley Unit: 2.8 mi
Peaks
- Red Kill Ridge: 1.5 mi
- Cator Roundtop: 2.4 mi
- Hog Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Bearpen Flats: 3.6 mi
- Morris Hill: 3.6 mi
Parks: 23
- Fleischmann Athletic Park: 4.6 mi
- Kirkside Park: 4.8 mi
- Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 7.4 mi
- Smith Park: 7.4 mi
- Big Indian Park: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 18
- Stratton Falls: 3.5 mi
- Hardenburg Falls: 10.0 mi
- Red Falls: 10.8 mi
- Manor Kill Falls: 13.0 mi
- Tompkins Falls: 14.3 mi
Historic sites: 15
- Pine Hill Honor Roll: 7.4 mi
- Burroughs Monument: 8.5 mi
- Post WWII Memorial: 9.6 mi
- ETS Relay (Ruin): 12.5 mi
- Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 13.2 mi
Museums: 11
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 9.4 mi
- Pratt Museum: 9.4 mi
- Gilboa Museum: 13.8 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 16.2 mi
- New York Power Authority Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Pratt Rocks: 10.0 mi
- Giant Ledge: 15.2 mi
- Cornell Crack: 18.4 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 18.9 mi
- Samuels Point: 20.2 mi
Springs: 8
- Piped Spring: 12.9 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 17.4 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 19.5 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 20.9 mi
- Piped Spring: 21.2 mi
Attractions: 4
- Pratt Rock: 9.5 mi
- Rail Explorers: 16.3 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 18.4 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 18.5 mi
Artworks: 4
- Winnisook: 10.1 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 15.8 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 17.1 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
Beaches: 1
- Belleayre Beach: 7.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Boulder Hill Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bearpen Mountain | NE 56° | 1,098 m | 5.6 mi |
| Vly Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,079.3 m | 6.3 mi |
| North Bearpen Mountain | NE 48° | 1,076 m | 5.5 mi |
| Halcott Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,069.54 m | 7.0 mi |
| Dry Brook Ridge | SSW 196° | 1,058 m | 7.6 mi |
| Roundtop | NE 36° | 1,052 m | 6.4 mi |
| Belleayre Gondola Peak | SSE 160° | 1,046 m | 6.7 mi |
| South Bearpen | ENE 63° | 1,040 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:34 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:56 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:44 | 16:30 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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