McKinley Hollow Unit
McKinley Hollow Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 429 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the southeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Oliverea Unit, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
How to reach it
- 21.5 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- High Falls · 24 mi
- Panther Rock · 24 mi
- White Dot · 25 mi
- Compass Rock · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oliverea Unit: 0.8 mi
- Indian Grove Unit: 2.7 mi
- Fox Hollow Unit: 5.3 mi
- Shandaken Unit: 5.4 mi
- Allaben Unit: 6.4 mi
- Balsam Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Haynes Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Fir Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Big Indian Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Otter Falls: 3.3 mi
- Cornell Falls: 6.4 mi
- High Falls: 6.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 10.2 mi
- Diamond Notch Falls: 12.8 mi
- Big Indian Park: 2.6 mi
- Smith Park: 4.7 mi
- Glenbrook Park: 4.9 mi
- Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 6.4 mi
- Fleischmann Athletic Park: 7.2 mi
- Pine Hill Honor Roll: 4.6 mi
- ETS Relay (Ruin): 4.9 mi
- Burroughs Monument: 5.0 mi
- Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 5.5 mi
- Forstmann Castle: 5.8 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 7.9 mi
- Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 10.3 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 16.0 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 17.2 mi
- Pratt Museum: 17.2 mi
- Giant Ledge: 3.9 mi
- Cornell Crack: 7.0 mi
- Samuels Point: 9.2 mi
- Spencers Ledge: 11.4 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 14.5 mi
- Winnisook: 2.6 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 7.4 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 11.3 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 14.9 mi
- The Great Knot: 21.5 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 7.7 mi
- Piped Spring: 10.5 mi
- Piped Spring: 10.9 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 12.5 mi
- Bear Wallow: 13.2 mi
- Rail Explorers: 7.9 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 9.0 mi
- Pratt Rock: 16.9 mi
- VanTran Covered Bridge: 21.8 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 23.2 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 4.1 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 21.2 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Roscoe: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of McKinley Hollow Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide Mountain | SE 141° | 1,266 m | 6.1 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain | SW 232° | 1,180 m | 4.4 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain - South Peak | SW 228° | 1,175 m | 4.5 mi |
| Graham Mountain | WSW 247° | 1,174 m | 4.9 mi |
| Cornell Mountain | SE 130° | 1,174 m | 7.0 mi |
| Table Mountain | SSE 159° | 1,165.86 m | 8.0 mi |
| Peekamoose Mountain | SSE 158° | 1,164.03 m | 8.5 mi |
| Wittenberg Mountain | SE 125° | 1,152.75 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:55 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/802324661
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