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Jennie Notch Unit

Jennie Notch Unit from directly overhead

Jennie Notch Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 623 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Ginseng Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off.

What to expect

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

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.33241, -74.19007

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • C.D. Lane Park: 3.3 mi
  • Irish Cultural Center: 5.9 mi
  • Ashland Park: 7.8 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 8.3 mi
  • Angelo Canna Town Park: 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 56
  • East Kill Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Glen Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Venus Bath: 10.1 mi
  • Gaia Cascade: 10.2 mi
  • Winter Clove falls: 10.3 mi
Historic sites: 38
  • Donald Sutton Memorial Plaque: 1.7 mi
  • Susquehanna Turnpike: 4.6 mi
  • Early Sawmill: 9.3 mi
  • Eleazer Knowles: 9.4 mi
  • Edwin L Drake: 10.3 mi
Museums: 25
  • Durham Center Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Piano Performance Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Mountain Top Historical Society: 10.7 mi
  • Pratt Museum: 12.4 mi
  • Zadock Pratt Museum: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 22
Artworks: 12
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 13.2 mi
  • Belleayre Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Oakdale Beach: 21.7 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 21.8 mi
  • Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 23.4 mi
Attractions: 5
Gardens: 5
  • Veterans Garden: 14.4 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 21.9 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 22.0 mi
  • Wildlife Garden: 24.4 mi
  • Water Garden: 24.5 mi
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Jennie Notch Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainS 191°1,228.34 m10.9 mi
Black DomeSE 141°1,217.37 m5.5 mi
Thomas Cole MountainSSE 147°1,204.87 m5.1 mi
BlackheadSE 136°1,200.91 m6.2 mi
West Kill MountainSSW 204°1,186 m12.5 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainSSW 193°1,140 m12.1 mi
Rusk MountainSSW 206°1,123.493 m10.1 mi
East RuskSSW 202°1,105.814 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5520:38
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4216:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212229415361656457463627
Precip in4.43.14.84.84.04.64.65.15.36.04.84.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424230668

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