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Fish Brook Unit

Fish Brook Unit from directly overhead

Fish Brook Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 675 m. Cherry Ridge stands 801 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Tower Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 10 miles off.

What to expect

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

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.09274, -75.21085

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 32
Attractions: 10
Museums: 4
  • Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 10.1 mi
  • Deposit Historical Museum: 11.0 mi
  • Roscoe O&W Museum: 18.9 mi
  • Bainbridge Museum: 19.5 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Handen Covered Bridge: 13.4 mi
  • Cat Hollow Legend: 13.8 mi
  • Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 18.0 mi
  • Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood: 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Jensen Cascade: 15.4 mi
  • Russell Brook Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Tompkins Falls: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • East Branch Rest Area: 7.3 mi
  • Roscoe: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Beamoc Trout: 18.9 mi
  • 16-17 mile marker from possible priesthood site: 22.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spencer Spring: 22.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Fish Brook Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cherry RidgeESE 113°801 m14.0 mi
Cherry RidgeESE 111°793 m13.2 mi
Prospect HillENE 68°783 m13.0 mi
Starkweather HillENE 73°776 m8.5 mi
Bryden HillE 80°758 m14.8 mi
Brace HillE 79°752 m10.3 mi
Fuller HillESE 114°751 m12.3 mi
Houck MountainENE 69°748 m3.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3619:13
June solstice05:2619:5820:41
September equinox06:4918:2319:00
December solstice07:2715:4816:33

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/424230580

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