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Gobbler's Knob State Forest

Gobbler's Knob State Forest from directly overhead

Gobbler's Knob State Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 241 m. High Point stands 684 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Otisville Veterans Memorial Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 10 miles off.

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What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates41.48514, -74.55328

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Otisville Veterans Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Mount Hope Town Park: 2.0 mi
  • Oakland Valley Race Park: 3.3 mi
  • Oakland Valley Race Park: 3.3 mi
  • Shoddy Hollow Fishing Hole: 3.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 58
  • Washington Mine Adit: 1.1 mi
  • Washington Mine Adit: 1.2 mi
  • Empire Mine Collapsed Adit: 1.6 mi
  • Boat Basin & Canal Store: 1.9 mi
  • Wallkill Mine Adit: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves: 42
  • Mamakating Municipal Park Land: 1.6 mi
  • Mamakating Municipal Park Land: 6.6 mi
  • Hunter Farm Preserve: 6.9 mi
  • New York-New Jersey Trail ConferEnce Lands: 7.1 mi
  • New York-New Jersey Trail ConferEnce Lands: 7.2 mi
Beaches: 31
  • Stone Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Wanaksink Lake Beach: 9.6 mi
  • West End Beach: 10.8 mi
  • High Point Beach: 13.1 mi
  • LakemPanoranma Beach: 16.6 mi
Attractions: 31
Waterfalls: 23
  • High Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Mullet Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Denton Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Katrina Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Fish Cabin Falls: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 21
Museums: 18
Gardens: 10
  • The Meditation Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Buddah Garden: 13.3 mi
  • East Coast: 14.4 mi
  • New York City: 14.4 mi
  • Middle America: 14.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 8.9 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 9.1 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 9.1 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 12.0 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 13.3 mi
Springs: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Wine and Design Warwick: 19.3 mi
  • Buffalo Statue: 20.4 mi
  • Power Teach: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Gobbler's Knob State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointNE 35°684 m18.6 mi
Losees HillNE 36°647 m15.8 mi
Murray HillNE 42°615 m19.8 mi
Bear HillNNE 33°593 m15.0 mi
Mount Don BoscoNE 35°572 m17.0 mi
High PointSSW 206°551 m12.7 mi
Mount MeenahgaNNE 32°532 m17.0 mi
Chapin HillWNW 299°435 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:10
June solstice05:2519:5420:36
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2215:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836495968727163534131
Precip in2.62.13.04.03.84.64.24.54.34.53.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middletown 2 NW, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/429409419

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