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Middletown Forest Preserve Detached Parcel

Middletown Forest Preserve Detached Parcel from directly overhead

Middletown Forest Preserve Detached Parcel is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 849 m. Bearpen Mountain stands 1,098 m to the east-northeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Hubbell Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.22149, -74.64862

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 23
  • Kirkside Park: 6.4 mi
  • Fleischmann Athletic Park: 7.4 mi
  • Smith Park: 10.7 mi
  • Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 11.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 15
Historic sites: 13
Museums: 11
  • Zadock Pratt Museum: 12.8 mi
  • Pratt Museum: 12.8 mi
  • Gilboa Museum: 16.0 mi
  • Maple Museum: 18.0 mi
  • New York Power Authority Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center: 18.3 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Pratt Rock: 13.0 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 20.0 mi
  • Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 20.3 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 22.0 mi
  • VanTran Covered Bridge: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 4
  • Piped Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 21.7 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Piped Spring: 22.5 mi
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Belleayre Beach: 11.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Roscoe: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Middletown Forest Preserve Detached Parcel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bearpen MountainENE 71°1,098 m9.4 mi
North Bearpen MountainENE 67°1,076 m9.2 mi
Dry Brook RidgeSSE 163°1,058 m7.8 mi
RoundtopENE 58°1,052 m9.5 mi
Belleayre Gondola PeakSE 134°1,046 m9.2 mi
South BearpenENE 78°1,040 m8.2 mi
Bearpen FlatsE 82°1,036 m7.7 mi
Southwest BearpenE 79°1,035 m7.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2319:5720:39
September equinox06:4718:2118:58
December solstice07:2515:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445563676659483728
Precip in3.22.83.74.04.04.94.84.34.84.73.73.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Delhi 2 SE, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/431595813

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