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Kent Cliffs Unit

Kent Cliffs Unit from directly overhead

Kent Cliffs Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the west-northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Dick Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 22 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

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Coordinates41.45760, -73.78462

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Fahnestock Winter Park: 2.2 mi
  • Crane Road: 4.2 mi
  • Sycamore Park: 4.2 mi
  • Mahopac Airport Park: 5.2 mi
  • Lime Kiln Recreation Center: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums: 43
Gardens: 31
  • Boscobel Gardens: 8.6 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 10.8 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 12.8 mi
  • Garden: 13.4 mi
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 13
Attractions: 11
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 11.1 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 15.4 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 15.7 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 16.6 mi
  • Van Cortlandt Manor: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Upper Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 15.2 mi
  • LG waterfall: 16.8 mi
  • Cascades: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 6.9 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 7.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 20.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Kent Cliffs Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Beacon MountainWNW 281°491 m8.4 mi
North Beacon MountainWNW 284°465 m8.6 mi
Bald HillWNW 294°456 m7.5 mi
Lambs HillWNW 289°454 m7.9 mi
Bull HillW 261°433 m9.0 mi
Mount EgbertNNE 33°405 m8.8 mi
Depot HillNE 35°398 m9.9 mi
Nimham MountE 85°388 m3.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2219:5120:33
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1915:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938506067737264534132
Precip in3.73.44.03.83.64.54.43.85.14.73.94.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stormville, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424227619

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