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Long Pond Unit

Long Pond Unit from directly overhead

Long Pond Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Mount Egbert stands 405 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Sycamore Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.41568, -73.73380

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sycamore Park: 0.3 mi
  • Crane Road: 0.5 mi
  • Lake Casse Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Camarda Park: 2.7 mi
  • Mahopac Airport Park: 2.8 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Sybil Ludington Statue: 2.9 mi
  • Old Bet Elephant Statue: 6.6 mi
  • chimney: 8.0 mi
  • SMASHED CHEVROLET: 8.7 mi
  • Quarry: 9.8 mi
Artworks
Museums: 53
Gardens: 42
  • Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 9.6 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 9.8 mi
  • Boscobel Gardens: 10.7 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 15
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 9.9 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 13.3 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 15.2 mi
  • Bedford Village Historic District: 15.4 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Mahopac Hills Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Canopus Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 13
  • Upper Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 9.0 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 9.2 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 11.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 16.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Long Pond Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount EgbertNNE 12°405 m10.5 mi
Nimham MountN 8°388 m3.2 mi
Round MountainNW 315°380 m8.3 mi
Cranberry MountainNE 55°376 m10.7 mi
Hosner MountainNNW 347°366 m7.9 mi
California HillNW 304°359 m2.7 mi
Big Buck MountainN 9°340 m5.5 mi
Money Ledge HillN 3°338 m6.5 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 solstice07:1815:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835475765706861504031
Precip in3.93.04.13.64.14.64.24.94.94.23.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424225763

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