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East River Road Unit

East River Road Unit from directly overhead

East River Road Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 380 m. Brock Mountain stands 841 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mallory Brook Unit, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 19 miles off.

What to expect

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

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.17655, -75.01979

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 41
Museums: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Russell Brook Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Tompkins Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Stratton Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Jensen Cascade: 22.3 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Handen Covered Bridge: 2.1 mi
  • Cat Hollow Legend: 8.6 mi
  • Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 19.4 mi
  • Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 21.7 mi
Attractions: 2
  • White Rock: 5.1 mi
  • VanTran Covered Bridge: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • East Branch Rest Area: 14.5 mi
  • Roscoe: 19.1 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Beamoc Trout: 17.7 mi
  • statue of liberty replica: 19.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Piped Spring: 19.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of East River Road Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brock MountainSE 145°841 m11.1 mi
Craig HillENE 71°811 m9.2 mi
Cherry RidgeSSE 165°801 m11.7 mi
Cherry RidgeSSE 167°793 m10.8 mi
Prospect HillESE 113°783 m2.5 mi
Starkweather HillSSW 205°776 m3.7 mi
Brock MountainSE 145°766 m10.5 mi
Brock MountainSE 145°763 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3519:12
June solstice05:2519:5820:40
September equinox06:4818:2218:59
December solstice07:2615:4616:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212331435462676659483728
Precip in3.52.63.54.24.25.04.55.14.64.73.73.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walton 2, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424226878

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