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North Mount Loretto State Forest

North Mount Loretto State Forest from directly overhead

North Mount Loretto State Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Mine Mountain stands 251 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Creek Bluebelt, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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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Coordinates40.51644, -74.22376
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
Beaches
Museums
Attractions
  • The South Pole: 1.9 mi
  • Staten Island Boat Graveyard: 2.8 mi
  • Heyerdahl Ruins: 6.4 mi
  • Buck’s Hollow: 6.5 mi
  • Carousel for All Children: 6.9 mi
Gardens
  • Butterfly garden: 5.2 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 6.0 mi
  • Native Rhododendron Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 8.6 mi
  • South River Community Garden: 8.9 mi
Peaks: 55
Picnic sites: 27
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 6.8 mi
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 9.5 mi
  • Grove 4: 10.5 mi
  • Grove 3B: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • Hawk Hill: 16.0 mi
  • Palisades: 18.3 mi
  • Palisades: 20.5 mi
  • Palisades: 23.6 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Seele: 14.0 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 16.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Mount Loretto State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mine MountainNW 305°251 m24.5 mi
Sugar LoafNW 318°229 m24.2 mi
Gillespie HillNW 321°217 m23.8 mi
Mount KembleNW 318°215 m23.3 mi
Blachleys HillNW 315°204 m23.7 mi
Kinneys HillNW 324°180 m23.7 mi
Stony HillN 357°179 m20.5 mi
Mayapple HillN 349°175 m18.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5020:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323341526171767467554537
Precip in3.73.04.43.94.04.84.84.74.24.13.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Brunswick 3 SE, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/429549058

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