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Diamond Notch Unit

Diamond Notch Unit from directly overhead

Diamond Notch Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 540 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the northeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Neal Road Unit, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway 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

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Coordinates42.14338, -74.26179

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Parish Field: 4.8 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 5.0 mi
  • Glenbrook Park: 7.2 mi
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 7.4 mi
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 57
Historic sites: 42
Museums: 31
Artworks: 16
Cliffs: 14
Gardens: 11
  • The Walled Garden: 18.0 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 19.6 mi
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 19.6 mi
  • Rough Garden: 19.7 mi
Springs: 8
  • Devil's Acre spring: 2.2 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 12.0 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 15.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 15.1 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Rail Explorers: 5.0 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 6.6 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 14.2 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 14.6 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 21.2 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Belleayre Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 16.7 mi
  • West Landing: 18.4 mi
  • South Landing: 18.5 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainNE 34°1,228.34 m2.9 mi
West Kill MountainNW 320°1,186 m2.2 mi
Plateau MountainE 95°1,168.91 m4.5 mi
Sugarloaf MountainE 98°1,160 m5.8 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNE 35°1,140 m1.6 mi
Panther MountainSW 229°1,135.08 m9.1 mi
Rusk MountainNNW 349°1,123.493 m4.1 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakE 82°1,113.13 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5520:37
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212229415361656457463627
Precip in4.43.14.84.84.04.64.65.15.36.04.84.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424227076

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