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Hawk Hollow Unit

Hawk Hollow Unit from directly overhead

Hawk Hollow Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 611 m. Bearpen Mountain stands 1,098 m to the east-northeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Cator Roundtop, a peak 0.9 miles away.

What to expect

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

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.24150, -74.56460

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 21
  • Kirkside Park: 3.3 mi
  • Fleischmann Athletic Park: 6.1 mi
  • Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 8.3 mi
  • Smith Park: 8.7 mi
  • Big Indian Park: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 16
Historic sites: 15
Museums: 12
  • Zadock Pratt Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Pratt Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Gilboa Museum: 12.4 mi
  • New York Power Authority Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center: 15.2 mi
  • Lansing Manor House: 15.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 5
  • Piped Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 17.9 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 20.5 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Piped Spring: 22.7 mi
Attractions: 4
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Belleayre Beach: 9.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bearpen MountainENE 71°1,098 m4.9 mi
Vly MountainE 87°1,079.3 m6.1 mi
North Bearpen MountainENE 62°1,076 m4.7 mi
Halcott MountainESE 123°1,069.54 m7.7 mi
Dry Brook RidgeSSW 193°1,058 m9.1 mi
RoundtopNE 46°1,052 m5.2 mi
Belleayre Gondola PeakSSE 163°1,046 m8.2 mi
South BearpenE 85°1,040 m3.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2319:5620:39
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2515:4416:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435564696760483829
Precip in2.82.43.33.83.64.74.84.44.14.43.13.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Manor, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424229851

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