Hawkins Pond State Forest
Hawkins Pond State Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 510 m. Mount Ararat stands 803 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Locust Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 20.5 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
Named places within 25 miles
- Locust Hill: 1.5 mi
- Oak Hill: 1.9 mi
- Hickory Knob: 2.1 mi
- Kelder Hill: 2.3 mi
- Oak Hill: 3.1 mi
- Klumpp Park: 4.5 mi
- Grange Hall Park: 4.8 mi
- SPC Lee A. Wiegand Memorial Park: 4.8 mi
- Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Park: 5.0 mi
- Franklin Avenue Park: 5.4 mi
- Skyline Drive State Forest: 4.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 35: 5.6 mi
- Pettus Hill Preserve: 5.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 175: 9.6 mi
- Marsh Pond State Forest: 9.9 mi
- Maple Tree Grove: 4.5 mi
- Priesthood Restoration Site: 4.6 mi
- banks Susquehanna River: 4.6 mi
- A Very Old Barn: 12.3 mi
- Colesville Branch: 12.4 mi
- I Love NY Sculpture: 5.7 mi
- 16-17 mile marker from possible priesthood site: 6.4 mi
- The Skirmisher: 13.8 mi
- George F. Johnson statue: 14.7 mi
- Dickinson Object: 16.0 mi
- Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood: 4.7 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 14.0 mi
- Harry L. Johnson Memorial: 16.0 mi
- Chimney: 16.1 mi
- Harpur Statue: 16.3 mi
- Deposit Historical Museum: 13.1 mi
- Phelps Mansion: 13.5 mi
- Roberson Museum & Science Center: 14.0 mi
- The Bundy Museum of History and Art: 14.6 mi
- Chenango School House Museums: 15.8 mi
- The Salt Spring: 12.3 mi
- Salt Springs: 12.4 mi
- Spencer Spring: 13.0 mi
- Laurel Ave Community Garden: 14.8 mi
- Campus Garden: 16.6 mi
- Outdoor Biological Research Facility: 16.6 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 4.6 mi
- Broome Gateway Rest Area: 5.8 mi
- Overlook Cliff: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Hawkins Pond State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ararat | SE 145° | 803 m | 18.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SE 141° | 771 m | 17.2 mi |
| East Mountain | SSE 166° | 719 m | 19.0 mi |
| Nettle Hill | SE 136° | 693 m | 15.7 mi |
| Moores Hill | SE 130° | 657 m | 18.0 mi |
| Shrawder Mountain | ESE 115° | 637 m | 15.6 mi |
| Burnside Hill | NE 54° | 623 m | 18.3 mi |
| Michigan Hill | ENE 61° | 621 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:00 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:50 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deposit, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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