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Lanes Brook Unit

Lanes Brook Unit from directly overhead

Lanes Brook Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 401 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the north-northeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Neal Road Unit, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.12445, -74.27111

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Edgewood Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • Silver Hollow Notch Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Carl Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Hoyt Hollow: 2.7 mi
  • South Broadstreet Hollow: 2.8 mi
Parks
  • Parish Field: 3.4 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 3.6 mi
  • Glenbrook Park: 6.5 mi
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 6.7 mi
  • Bearsville Park: 8.4 mi
Waterfalls: 56
Historic sites: 42
Museums: 32
Artworks: 16
Cliffs: 15
Gardens: 11
  • The Walled Garden: 18.3 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 18.9 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 19.5 mi
  • Rough Garden: 19.6 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Belleayre Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 16.8 mi
  • West Landing: 18.4 mi
  • South Landing: 18.5 mi
  • Tongore Park Beach: 18.5 mi
Springs: 9
  • Devil's Acre spring: 3.5 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 13.4 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 13.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 13.8 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Rail Explorers: 3.6 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 5.3 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 15.0 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 15.6 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Lanes Brook Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainNNE 29°1,228.34 m4.2 mi
West Kill MountainNNW 342°1,186 m3.1 mi
Cornell MountainSSW 207°1,174 m9.6 mi
Plateau MountainE 79°1,168.91 m5.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainE 86°1,160 m6.2 mi
Wittenberg MountainSSW 206°1,152.75 m8.9 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNNE 28°1,140 m3.0 mi
Panther MountainSW 233°1,135.08 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5520:37
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435463686660483828
Precip in4.94.05.75.24.86.05.56.36.37.04.97.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424227077

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