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Floyd Finch Road Unit

Floyd Finch Road Unit from directly overhead

Floyd Finch Road Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 511 m. Doubletop Mountain stands 1,180 m to the south-southeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Covesville Unit, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off.

What to expect

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

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.16103, -74.57984

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks: 26
  • Fleischmann Athletic Park: 2.3 mi
  • Smith Park: 5.6 mi
  • Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 6.9 mi
  • Big Indian Park: 7.9 mi
  • Kirkside Park: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 16
Waterfalls: 16
Museums: 11
Springs: 9
  • Piped Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Piped Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 17.9 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
Artworks: 5
Attractions: 5
  • Pratt Rock: 13.0 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 15.0 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 16.9 mi
  • VanTran Covered Bridge: 21.4 mi
  • Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 22.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Belleayre Beach: 6.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Roscoe: 21.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Doubletop MountainSSE 164°1,180 m9.6 mi
Doubletop Mountain - South PeakSSE 164°1,175 m9.9 mi
Graham MountainS 169°1,174 m8.6 mi
Balsam Lake MountainS 185°1,136 m8.0 mi
Big Indian MountainSSE 154°1,127.46 m9.7 mi
Balsam MountainSE 136°1,099.41 m6.7 mi
Bearpen MountainNE 37°1,098 m9.0 mi
Eagle MountainSSE 152°1,092.1 m7.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2319:5620:39
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2415:4516:30

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, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424228638

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