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Little Red Kill Unit

Little Red Kill Unit from directly overhead

Little Red Kill Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 515 m. Doubletop Mountain stands 1,180 m to the south, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Fleischmann Athletic Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.

What to expect

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

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.15997, -74.53169

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 45
Parks: 28
  • Fleischmann Athletic Park: 0.3 mi
  • Smith Park: 3.3 mi
  • Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 4.4 mi
  • Big Indian Park: 5.9 mi
  • Glenbrook Park: 7.3 mi
Historic sites: 24
Cliffs: 13
Museums: 11
Springs: 9
  • Piped Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 15.4 mi
  • Piped Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 19.8 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Pratt Rock: 11.7 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 12.7 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 14.7 mi
  • Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 22.0 mi
  • VanTran Covered Bridge: 22.9 mi
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Belleayre Beach: 3.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Roscoe: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Little Red Kill Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Doubletop MountainS 179°1,180 m9.1 mi
Doubletop Mountain - South PeakS 178°1,175 m9.4 mi
Graham MountainS 186°1,174 m8.4 mi
Balsam Lake MountainSSW 202°1,136 m8.5 mi
Panther MountainSE 135°1,135.08 m10.0 mi
Big Indian MountainSSE 168°1,127.46 m8.8 mi
Fir MountainSSE 161°1,106.12 m9.7 mi
Balsam MountainSSE 155°1,099.41 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2319:5620:38
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2415:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415360656457463626
Precip in4.73.25.14.95.06.05.25.66.26.45.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424228641

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