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Bushkill Fishing Unit

Bushkill Fishing Unit from directly overhead

Bushkill Fishing Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the west-northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Lester S. Davis Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

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What to expect

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

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Coordinates41.96935, -74.27912

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 0.1 mi
  • Grant Avery Park: 2.5 mi
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 4.0 mi
  • Brown's Station: 4.1 mi
  • Tongore Park: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Winchell's Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Cornell Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Metacahonts Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Vernooy Kill Falls: 8.2 mi
Historic sites: 56
Cliffs: 42
Museums: 31
Artworks: 23
  • Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Shandaken Eagle: 8.0 mi
  • Gnome Chomsky: 12.4 mi
  • Winnisook: 12.6 mi
  • Opus 40: 13.9 mi
Beaches: 19
Gardens: 19
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 14.0 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 18.7 mi
  • Rough Garden: 18.8 mi
Attractions: 12
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 5.5 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 7.8 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 12.3 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 15.7 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 16.0 mi
Springs: 9
  • Bear Wallow: 3.0 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 3.1 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Piped Spring: 11.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Bushkill Fishing Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainWNW 291°1,266 m5.9 mi
Cornell MountainWNW 299°1,174 m4.5 mi
Table MountainW 264°1,165.86 m6.5 mi
Peekamoose MountainW 260°1,164.03 m6.2 mi
Wittenberg MountainNW 307°1,152.75 m4.4 mi
Panther MountainNW 315°1,135.08 m8.4 mi
Lone MountainW 270°1,127.76 m5.7 mi
Friday MountainWNW 286°1,125 m4.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2319:5420:37
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2215:4416:29

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424229401

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