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Mount Nimham Unit

Mount Nimham Unit from directly overhead

Mount Nimham Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 359 m. Bald Hill stands 456 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Nimham Mount, a peak 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 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

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Coordinates41.46569, -73.72776

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hill and Dale Community Park: 3.4 mi
  • Crane Road: 3.4 mi
  • Sycamore Park: 3.7 mi
  • CornerStone Park: 3.7 mi
  • Ryan's Field: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Sybil Ludington Statue: 3.9 mi
  • chimney: 9.3 mi
  • Old Bet Elephant Statue: 9.8 mi
  • The Mt. Beacon Eight: 10.5 mi
  • Connecticut Line: 11.3 mi
Artworks
Museums: 53
Gardens: 42
  • Personal Gardens: 7.9 mi
  • Boscobel Gardens: 11.6 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 12.1 mi
  • Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 13.1 mi
Beaches: 13
Waterfalls: 13
  • Upper Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 12.2 mi
  • LG waterfall: 17.9 mi
  • Cascades: 19.3 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 8.1 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 14.0 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 17.7 mi
  • New Milford Tank: 18.1 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 11
Rest areas: 3
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 5.6 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 5.7 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 12.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 18.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillWNW 284°456 m10.1 mi
Lambs HillW 281°454 m10.6 mi
Mount EgbertNNE 15°405 m7.0 mi
Depot HillNNE 20°398 m8.1 mi
Nimham MountSSE 155°388 m0.3 mi
Birch HillENE 66°386 m9.6 mi
Round MountainWNW 291°380 m6.7 mi
Cranberry MountainENE 73°376 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2219:5120:33
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1915:4416:29

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424227624

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