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Hickory Nut Hill Unit

Hickory Nut Hill Unit from directly overhead

Hickory Nut Hill Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 160 m. Mount Egbert stands 405 m to the north, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Nichols Fill Unit, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 24 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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.43461, -73.70431

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • CornerStone Park: 1.4 mi
  • Crane Road: 1.6 mi
  • Hill and Dale Community Park: 1.7 mi
  • Sycamore Park: 2.0 mi
  • Camarda Park: 2.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Sybil Ludington Statue: 1.5 mi
  • Old Bet Elephant Statue: 7.4 mi
  • chimney: 9.8 mi
  • SMASHED CHEVROLET: 10.6 mi
  • Quarry: 11.8 mi
Artworks
Museums: 55
Gardens: 42
  • Personal Gardens: 7.8 mi
  • Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 11.1 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 12.1 mi
  • Boscobel Gardens: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Upper Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 18.6 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Mahopac Hills Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Canopus Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
Attractions: 12
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 7.9 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 12.1 mi
  • Bedford Village Historic District: 16.3 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 17.2 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 17.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 7.8 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 7.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 10.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 16.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Hickory Nut Hill Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount EgbertN 4°405 m9.0 mi
Depot HillN 9°398 m9.8 mi
Nimham MountNNW 330°388 m2.1 mi
Birch HillNE 52°386 m9.7 mi
Round MountainWNW 301°380 m8.8 mi
Cranberry MountainENE 57°376 m8.8 mi
Hosner MountainNNW 333°366 m7.2 mi
California HillW 273°359 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2219:5120:33
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1815:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835475765706861504031
Precip in3.93.04.13.64.14.64.24.94.94.23.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424227617

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