Nature reserve · New York
Kent Hills Unit
Kent Hills Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Mount Egbert stands 405 m to the north, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ludingtonville Unit, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
How to reach it
Coordinates41.49280, -73.68601
- 25.7 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 27.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 29.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Ludingtonville Unit: 1.2 mi
- Horse Pound Brook Unit: 1.2 mi
- North Putnam Unit: 1.3 mi
- Big Buck State Forest: 1.4 mi
- White Pond Unit: 2.3 mi
Peaks
- Little Buck Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Miller Hill: 1.4 mi
- Bare Hill: 1.5 mi
- Big Buck Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Money Ledge Hill: 2.5 mi
Parks
- Ryan's Field: 3.5 mi
- Hill and Dale Community Park: 3.7 mi
- Veteran Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
- CornerStone Park: 4.5 mi
- Depot Hill Multiple Use Area: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
- Sybil Ludington Statue: 4.8 mi
- Old Bet Elephant Statue: 11.4 mi
- chimney: 12.1 mi
- The Mt. Beacon Eight: 12.4 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 12.6 mi
Artworks
- greek letter pi: 13.2 mi
- Lesser Evil: 14.7 mi
- General Patton: 15.6 mi
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 15.6 mi
- Washington Monument: 15.7 mi
Museums: 46
- Great Buddha Hall: 5.6 mi
- Van Wyck Homestead Museum: 10.7 mi
- Northrop House: 11.3 mi
- Hammond Museum: 12.4 mi
- Schoolhouse Museum: 12.5 mi
Gardens: 31
- Personal Gardens: 5.3 mi
- Garden: 13.9 mi
- Boscobel Gardens: 14.3 mi
- Garden Of Ideas: 14.4 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- Upper Falls: 8.0 mi
- Lower Falls: 8.1 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 9.5 mi
- Cascades: 16.5 mi
- LG waterfall: 17.9 mi
Attractions: 13
- Watchtower Educational Center: 5.7 mi
- Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 13.1 mi
- New Milford Tank: 15.4 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 17.7 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 18.7 mi
Beaches: 13
- Tonetta Lake Beach: 6.3 mi
- Canopus Beach: 7.4 mi
- Mahopac Hills Beach: 7.5 mi
- Pine Ledge: 10.5 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Kelly Slide: 13.7 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 14.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.9 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 18.3 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 4.2 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 4.3 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Princess circle picnic site: 13.3 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 16.9 mi
- Pell Hill: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Dicktown: 4.8 mi
- Doodletown: 21.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Bulls Bridge Road: 15.6 mi
Springs: 1
- The Silver Spring: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Kent Hills Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Egbert | N 356° | 405 m | 4.9 mi |
| Observatory Hill | NE 49° | 405 m | 10.0 mi |
| Depot Hill | N 6° | 398 m | 5.7 mi |
| Nimham Mount | SW 223° | 388 m | 3.0 mi |
| Birch Hill | ENE 73° | 386 m | 7.0 mi |
| Round Mountain | W 274° | 380 m | 8.4 mi |
| Cranberry Mountain | E 83° | 376 m | 6.4 mi |
| West Mountain | NNE 22° | 373 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:44 | 16:29 |
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 | 25 | 28 | 35 | 47 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/424227620
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 5 mi
- Cold Spring · 15 mi
- Highlands · 18 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 22 mi
- Stony Point · 24 mi
- Briarcliff Manor · 25 mi
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