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Mill Hollow Unit

Mill Hollow Unit from directly overhead

Mill Hollow Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 459 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the south-southeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Park Road Unit, a nature reserve 2.9 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

Coordinates42.25465, -74.29152

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 58
Parks: 51
  • Ashland Park: 4.1 mi
  • C.D. Lane Park: 6.6 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 8.5 mi
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 9.2 mi
  • Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 10.2 mi
Historic sites: 37
Museums: 18
Cliffs: 14
Artworks: 11
Springs: 7
  • Devil's Acre spring: 6.9 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 7.0 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 22.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 22.8 mi
Beaches: 6
Attractions: 5
Gardens: 3
  • Veterans Garden: 21.7 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 22.4 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Mill Hollow Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainSSE 149°1,228.34 m6.2 mi
Black DomeE 83°1,217.37 m8.7 mi
Thomas Cole MountainE 82°1,204.87 m8.1 mi
BlackheadE 85°1,200.91 m9.6 mi
West Kill MountainS 179°1,186 m6.0 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainSSE 159°1,140 m6.8 mi
Rusk MountainS 169°1,123.493 m3.8 mi
East RuskSSE 157°1,105.814 m4.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5520:38
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4316:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212229415361656457463627
Precip in4.43.14.84.84.04.64.65.15.36.04.84.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1134359472

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