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Bungalow Brook Unit

Bungalow Brook Unit from directly overhead

Bungalow Brook Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 533 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Denman Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.91240, -74.56973

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 55
Historic sites: 40
  • Forstmann Castle: 6.4 mi
  • ETS Relay (Ruin): 8.8 mi
  • Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 9.6 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 11.1 mi
  • Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 32
Waterfalls: 31
  • High Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Vernooy Kill Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Otter Falls: 11.3 mi
Museums: 13
  • Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 2.8 mi
  • Liberty Museum and Arts Center: 12.0 mi
  • Napanoch Station: 15.9 mi
  • Borscht Belt Museum: 16.2 mi
  • Roscoe O&W Museum: 17.7 mi
Springs: 8
  • Piped Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Box Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Piped Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 13.2 mi
Attractions: 6
  • VanTran Covered Bridge: 13.5 mi
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 16.9 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 17.3 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 17.7 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 21.8 mi
Beaches: 6
Artworks: 5
  • Winnisook: 14.7 mi
  • Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 16.7 mi
  • Shandaken Eagle: 17.4 mi
  • Beamoc Trout: 17.7 mi
  • Gnome Chomsky: 18.1 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Buddah Garden: 21.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Roscoe: 15.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Bungalow Brook Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainENE 58°1,266 m11.2 mi
Doubletop MountainNNE 15°1,180 m8.2 mi
Doubletop Mountain - South PeakNNE 16°1,175 m8.0 mi
Graham MountainN 7°1,174 m8.8 mi
Table MountainENE 69°1,165.86 m9.1 mi
Peekamoose MountainENE 72°1,164.03 m9.3 mi
Balsam Lake MountainN 352°1,136 m9.3 mi
Lone MountainENE 67°1,127.76 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2419:5520:38
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2315:4616:31

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/424229271

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