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North Putnam Unit

North Putnam Unit from directly overhead

North Putnam Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 278 m. Bald Hill stands 456 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Buck State Forest, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 24 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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Coordinates41.50335, -73.70787

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Ryan's Field: 4.7 mi
  • Hill and Dale Community Park: 4.7 mi
  • Depot Hill Multiple Use Area: 4.8 mi
  • Veteran Memorial Park: 4.9 mi
  • Stormville Airport Soccer Fields: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Sybil Ludington Statue: 5.7 mi
  • The Mt. Beacon Eight: 11.2 mi
  • chimney: 11.6 mi
  • Sgt. Mark C. Palmateer Memorial Park: 11.7 mi
  • Old Bet Elephant Statue: 12.2 mi
Artworks
Museums: 44
Gardens: 27
Beaches: 13
Attractions: 13
Waterfalls: 12
  • Upper Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 10.4 mi
  • LG waterfall: 16.6 mi
  • Cascades: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
Rest areas: 3
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 3.1 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 3.2 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 20.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of North Putnam Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillW 269°456 m10.8 mi
Mount EgbertN 10°405 m4.3 mi
Observatory HillNE 56°405 m10.4 mi
Depot HillNNE 19°398 m5.3 mi
Nimham MountSSW 197°388 m3.0 mi
Birch HillE 81°386 m7.9 mi
Round MountainW 268°380 m7.3 mi
Cranberry MountainE 90°376 m7.5 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 °F262938506067737264534132
Precip in3.73.44.03.83.64.54.43.85.14.73.94.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stormville, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424227625

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