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Dancing Rock Unit

Dancing Rock Unit from directly overhead

Dancing Rock Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 315 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the west, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Grant Avery Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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

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Getting there

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Coordinates41.98201, -74.24337

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grant Avery Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 2.1 mi
  • Brown's Station: 3.1 mi
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 3.4 mi
  • Tongore Park: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Winchell's Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Cornell Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Metacahonts Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Otter Falls: 9.6 mi
Historic sites: 57
Cliffs: 43
Museums: 33
Artworks: 24
Beaches: 19
  • Tongore Park Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Belleayre Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 16.2 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 13.9 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 16.8 mi
  • Rough Garden: 16.8 mi
  • Ellipse: 16.8 mi
Attractions: 12
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 5.2 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 7.6 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 12.4 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 14.1 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 16.5 mi
Springs: 9
  • Bear Wallow: 4.5 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 4.6 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 12.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Dancing Rock Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainW 279°1,266 m7.4 mi
Cornell MountainWNW 283°1,174 m5.9 mi
Table MountainW 259°1,165.86 m8.5 mi
Peekamoose MountainWSW 256°1,164.03 m8.2 mi
Wittenberg MountainWNW 289°1,152.75 m5.6 mi
Panther MountainWNW 304°1,135.08 m9.3 mi
Lone MountainW 263°1,127.76 m7.6 mi
Friday MountainW 274°1,125 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5420:37
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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/481483234

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