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Fox Hollow Unit

Fox Hollow Unit from directly overhead

Fox Hollow Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 309 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the south, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Shandaken Unit, a nature reserve 0.7 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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Coordinates42.11676, -74.38202

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Glenbrook Park: 0.9 mi
  • Big Indian Park: 3.4 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 4.1 mi
  • Parish Field: 4.2 mi
  • Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 4.4 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls: 58
  • Otter Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Cornell Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Diamond Notch Falls: 7.5 mi
  • High Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Red Falls: 13.3 mi
Historic sites: 37
Museums: 27
Cliffs: 14
Artworks: 13
Springs: 9
  • Devil's Acre spring: 8.4 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 14.0 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 14.1 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 23.0 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 23.9 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 23.9 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 24.4 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 24.7 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Rail Explorers: 4.6 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 6.7 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 13.5 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 20.9 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Belleayre Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Tongore Park Beach: 20.8 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 22.3 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 23.7 mi
  • West Landing: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Fox Hollow Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainS 181°1,266 m8.1 mi
Hunter MountainENE 61°1,228.34 m8.8 mi
West Kill MountainNE 53°1,186 m5.9 mi
Cornell MountainS 171°1,174 m8.1 mi
Wittenberg MountainSSE 167°1,152.75 m7.7 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainENE 66°1,140 m7.8 mi
Panther MountainS 189°1,135.08 m4.2 mi
Big Indian MountainSW 226°1,127.46 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2219:5520:38
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2315:4416:29

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/697658992

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