MacDonald Road Unit
MacDonald Road Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 518 m. Grays Mountain stands 878 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mallory Brook Unit, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 19 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
How to reach it
- 19.2 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
Named places within 25 miles
- Mallory Brook Unit: 0.9 mi
- East River Road Unit: 1.5 mi
- Walton Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 2.3 mi
- Launt Hollow Unit: 3.3 mi
- Basin Clove Unit: 3.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.1 mi
- Colchester Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Fyffe Cobble: 3.5 mi
- Brace Hill: 3.7 mi
- Starkweather Hill: 4.2 mi
- Bear Spring Mountain Game Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Covered Bridge Park: 6.6 mi
- Upper Basset Park: 6.8 mi
- Bassett Park: 6.8 mi
- Austin Lincoln Park: 7.0 mi
- Roscoe O&W Museum: 17.0 mi
- Hanford Mills Museum: 18.3 mi
- Oneonta History Centre: 19.9 mi
- Yager Hall - Library and Museum: 20.2 mi
- Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 21.0 mi
- Handen Covered Bridge: 1.7 mi
- Cat Hollow Legend: 7.6 mi
- Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 18.0 mi
- Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 23.2 mi
- ETS Relay (Ruin): 24.5 mi
- Russell Brook Falls: 12.4 mi
- Tompkins Falls: 13.4 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 19.0 mi
- Stratton Falls: 21.1 mi
- Jensen Cascade: 22.5 mi
- Money Point: 4.9 mi
- Overlook Cliff: 22.3 mi
- White Rock: 6.5 mi
- VanTran Covered Bridge: 19.5 mi
- East Branch Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- Roscoe: 18.2 mi
- Beamoc Trout: 17.0 mi
- statue of liberty replica: 19.6 mi
- Piped Spring: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of MacDonald Road Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grays Mountain | E 87° | 878 m | 12.3 mi |
| Fords Hill | E 89° | 860 m | 12.8 mi |
| Bramley Mountain | NE 45° | 857 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mary Smith Hill | SE 137° | 846 m | 12.0 mi |
| Brock Mountain | SSE 151° | 841 m | 10.1 mi |
| Craig Hill | ENE 65° | 811 m | 8.0 mi |
| Cherry Ridge | S 172° | 801 m | 11.1 mi |
| Cherry Ridge | S 174° | 793 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:58 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:46 | 16:32 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downsville DAM, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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