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Mount Peter Hawk Watch Trailway

Mount Peter Hawk Watch Trailway from directly overhead

Mount Peter Hawk Watch Trailway is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 366 m. Taylor Mountain stands 454 m to the southwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Peter, a peak 0.3 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 7.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.24545, -74.28747

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Lion's Field Park: 1.5 mi
  • Warwick Township Veterans Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
  • Lewis Woodlands: 3.7 mi
  • Lewis Park: 3.8 mi
Attractions: 60
Artworks
  • Wine and Design Warwick: 4.6 mi
  • Eagles: 8.6 mi
  • Eagles: 8.6 mi
  • Power Teach: 8.6 mi
  • Diana: 8.7 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums: 56
Cliffs: 54
  • Claudius Smith Den: 7.0 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 8.1 mi
  • Crumbling Under Pressure: 9.1 mi
  • Gravitas Wall: 9.1 mi
  • Party Wall: 9.1 mi
Beaches: 43
Gardens: 43
  • Daffodil Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Barberry Collection: 8.6 mi
  • Winter Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Annual Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Octagonal Garden: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
  • Kakiat Park: 11.3 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Mine Hole Falls: 6.8 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Otter Hole: 14.1 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Middletown Rest Area: 13.6 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 20.3 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 20.3 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Mount Peter Hawk Watch Trailway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Taylor MountainSW 234°454 m4.3 mi
Black Rock MountainE 92°421 m8.0 mi
Warwick MountainWSW 247°410 m3.3 mi
Hogencamp MountainE 88°407 m8.6 mi
Bellvale MountainSSW 213°406 m3.5 mi
Island Pond MountainE 82°398 m8.2 mi
Surebridge MountainE 86°391 m8.2 mi
Tom Jones MountainE 100°387 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2519:5320:34
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:2015:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293038496069747366544435
Precip in3.42.73.94.23.65.14.74.63.94.43.84.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanaque Raymond DAM, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/430884837

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