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Mount Tremper Unit

Mount Tremper Unit from directly overhead

Mount Tremper Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 208 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the west-southwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is World's Largest Kaleidoscope, a attraction 0.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.03813, -74.28007

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 1.0 mi
  • Parish Field: 3.6 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 3.6 mi
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 4.8 mi
  • Grant Avery Park: 5.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Cornell Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Otter Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Winchell's Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Diamond Notch Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 10.4 mi
Historic sites: 52
Cliffs: 40
Museums: 31
Beaches: 18
  • Belleayre Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Tongore Park Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 17.8 mi
Artworks: 17
Gardens: 14
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 17.2 mi
  • Rough Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 18.6 mi
  • Ellipse: 18.6 mi
Attractions: 12
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 0.8 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 3.2 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 16.7 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 17.4 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 19.7 mi
Springs: 9
  • Bear Wallow: 7.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 7.8 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 9.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Mount Tremper Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainWSW 244°1,266 m6.1 mi
West Kill MountainN 357°1,186 m9.0 mi
Cornell MountainWSW 237°1,174 m4.7 mi
Plateau MountainNE 38°1,168.91 m8.8 mi
Table MountainSW 229°1,165.86 m8.4 mi
Peekamoose MountainSW 226°1,164.03 m8.4 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNE 46°1,160 m9.3 mi
Wittenberg MountainWSW 239°1,152.75 m4.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2219:5520:37
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415360656457463626
Precip in4.73.25.14.95.06.05.25.66.26.45.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/603895123

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