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Carver Hill Unit

Carver Hill Unit from directly overhead

Carver Hill Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Mount Egbert stands 405 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Crane Road, a park 0.9 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 22 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
Coordinates41.41532, -73.70819

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Crane Road: 0.9 mi
  • Sycamore Park: 1.1 mi
  • Camarda Park: 1.5 mi
  • CornerStone Park: 1.7 mi
  • Lake Casse Beach: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Sybil Ludington Statue: 1.6 mi
  • Old Bet Elephant Statue: 6.1 mi
  • chimney: 9.4 mi
  • SMASHED CHEVROLET: 9.5 mi
  • The Pines Bridge Monument: 10.6 mi
Artworks
Museums: 55
Gardens: 41
  • Personal Gardens: 8.8 mi
  • Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 9.7 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 11.5 mi
  • Formal Garden: 11.6 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 8.9 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 12.0 mi
  • Bedford Village Historic District: 15.1 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 16.2 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 13
  • Upper Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 17.8 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Mahopac Hills Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Canopus Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 12.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 9.1 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 9.2 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 23.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 15.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Carver Hill Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount EgbertN 4°405 m10.3 mi
Nimham MountNNW 345°388 m3.3 mi
Birch HillNE 47°386 m10.7 mi
Round MountainNW 309°380 m9.4 mi
Cranberry MountainNE 51°376 m9.7 mi
Hosner MountainNNW 338°366 m8.3 mi
California HillWNW 293°359 m3.8 mi
Big Buck MountainN 356°340 m5.5 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 solstice07:1815:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835475765706861504031
Precip in3.93.04.13.64.14.64.24.94.94.23.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424225762

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