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East Fishkill Unit

East Fishkill Unit from directly overhead

East Fishkill Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 247 m. Bald Hill stands 456 m to the west, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Money Ledge Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 23 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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Coordinates41.52124, -73.73003

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Stormville Airport Soccer Fields: 3.9 mi
  • Lime Kiln Recreation Center: 4.3 mi
  • Depot Hill Multiple Use Area: 4.3 mi
  • Hopewell Recreation: 5.5 mi
  • East Fishkill Veterans Memorial: 5.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums: 45
  • Great Buddha Hall: 4.1 mi
  • Van Wyck Homestead Museum: 8.2 mi
  • Mesier Homestead and Museum: 11.0 mi
  • Magazzino: 11.5 mi
  • Northrop House: 12.6 mi
Gardens: 28
Beaches: 17
Attractions: 15
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 8.2 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 16.1 mi
  • Dover Stone Church: 16.7 mi
  • New Milford Tank: 17.0 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 10
  • Upper Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 11.4 mi
  • LG waterfall: 14.9 mi
  • Cascades: 16.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 1.8 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 1.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of East Fishkill Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillW 262°456 m9.8 mi
Lambs HillW 260°454 m10.4 mi
Dennis HillNNE 30°416 m10.7 mi
Mount EgbertNNE 33°405 m3.5 mi
Observatory HillENE 65°405 m10.8 mi
Depot HillNE 37°398 m4.7 mi
East MountainNNE 23°393 m11.0 mi
Nimham MountS 176°388 m4.1 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 solstice07:1915:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938506067737264534132
Precip in3.73.44.03.83.64.54.43.85.14.73.94.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stormville, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424226491

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