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Neal Road Unit

Neal Road Unit from directly overhead

Neal Road Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 405 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the north-northeast, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lanes Brook Unit, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

What to expect

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

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.12959, -74.25308

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Parish Field: 4.3 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 4.5 mi
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 7.2 mi
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 7.5 mi
  • Glenbrook Park: 7.5 mi
Historic sites: 42
Museums: 32
Artworks: 16
Cliffs: 15
  • Devils Tombstone: 3.1 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 8.7 mi
  • Snake Rocks Cliff: 8.8 mi
  • Hurricane Ledge: 9.1 mi
  • Ministers Face: 9.3 mi
Gardens: 11
  • The Walled Garden: 17.4 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 17.4 mi
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 18.8 mi
  • Rough Garden: 18.9 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Belleayre Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 16.0 mi
  • West Landing: 17.7 mi
  • South Landing: 17.7 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 18.0 mi
Springs: 9
  • Devil's Acre spring: 2.7 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 12.8 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 14.2 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 14.2 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Rail Explorers: 4.4 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 5.8 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 14.6 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 15.2 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Neal Road Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainNNE 19°1,228.34 m3.5 mi
West Kill MountainNW 325°1,186 m3.2 mi
Plateau MountainE 82°1,168.91 m4.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainE 89°1,160 m5.3 mi
Wittenberg MountainSSW 210°1,152.75 m9.7 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNNE 12°1,140 m2.3 mi
Panther MountainSW 235°1,135.08 m8.8 mi
Rusk MountainNNW 346°1,123.493 m5.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
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 °F222431435463686660483828
Precip in4.94.05.75.24.86.05.56.36.37.04.97.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1134359190

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