Lake Heloise Unit
Lake Heloise Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 629 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Ginseng Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
How to reach it
- 29.2 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Ginseng Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Mount Hayden: 1.4 mi
- Mount Nebo: 1.9 mi
- Mount Zoar: 2.0 mi
- Bump Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Jennie Notch Unit: 1.2 mi
- Mitchell Hollow Unit: 1.9 mi
- Mill Street Unit: 2.1 mi
- Mitchell Hollow Brook Unit: 2.2 mi
- Brooksburg Unit: 2.7 mi
- C.D. Lane Park: 4.2 mi
- Irish Cultural Center: 6.7 mi
- Ashland Park: 6.9 mi
- Mountain Top Arboretum: 9.2 mi
- Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 11.0 mi
- Red Falls: 9.3 mi
- East Kill Falls: 9.6 mi
- Glen Falls: 11.1 mi
- Venus Bath: 11.3 mi
- Gaia Cascade: 11.4 mi
- Donald Sutton Memorial Plaque: 1.1 mi
- Susquehanna Turnpike: 4.5 mi
- Early Sawmill: 10.2 mi
- Eleazer Knowles: 10.2 mi
- Post WWII Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Durham Center Museum: 5.5 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 8.7 mi
- Pratt Museum: 11.4 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 11.4 mi
- Mountain Top Historical Society: 11.7 mi
- Pratt Rocks: 10.4 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 12.7 mi
- Hurricane Ledge: 14.0 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 15.8 mi
- Hawks Rocks: 16.7 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 9.7 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 18.6 mi
- Winnisook: 20.2 mi
- The Great Knot: 20.6 mi
- I ♥ NY: 21.8 mi
- Pratt Rock: 11.0 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 12.5 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 14.9 mi
- Rail Explorers: 18.5 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 20.4 mi
- Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 13.0 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 19.8 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 22.8 mi
- Oakdale Beach: 22.9 mi
- Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 23.4 mi
- Veterans Garden: 14.6 mi
- The Upper Garden: 23.0 mi
- The Walled Garden: 23.0 mi
- Wildlife Garden: 24.8 mi
- Water Garden: 24.8 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 3.1 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 12.0 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 20.0 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Lake Heloise Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Mountain | S 185° | 1,228.34 m | 11.2 mi |
| Black Dome | SE 136° | 1,217.37 m | 6.6 mi |
| Thomas Cole Mountain | SE 140° | 1,204.87 m | 6.1 mi |
| Blackhead | SE 132° | 1,200.91 m | 7.4 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,186 m | 12.5 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | S 188° | 1,140 m | 12.3 mi |
| Rusk Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,123.493 m | 10.1 mi |
| East Rusk | SSW 195° | 1,105.814 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:55 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/424230669
Day trips start here
- Kinderhook · 28 mi
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