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Oak Ridge Unit

Oak Ridge Unit from directly overhead

Oak Ridge Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 352 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the west-northwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bushkill Fishing Unit, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 12 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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Coordinates41.97914, -74.29469

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 1.1 mi
  • Grant Avery Park: 3.3 mi
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 3.5 mi
  • Brown's Station: 5.1 mi
  • Tongore Park: 5.6 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Cornell Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Winchell's Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Metacahonts Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Otter Falls: 7.3 mi
Historic sites: 55
Cliffs: 42
Museums: 32
Artworks: 21
  • Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Shandaken Eagle: 7.2 mi
  • Winnisook: 11.5 mi
  • Gnome Chomsky: 13.2 mi
  • The Great Knot: 14.3 mi
Beaches: 19
Gardens: 19
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 14.9 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 16.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 17.8 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 19.4 mi
  • Rough Garden: 19.4 mi
Attractions: 12
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 4.9 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 7.0 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 13.3 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 16.6 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 16.9 mi
Springs: 9
  • Bear Wallow: 3.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 3.7 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Piped Spring: 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Oak Ridge Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainWNW 287°1,266 m4.9 mi
Cornell MountainWNW 296°1,174 m3.5 mi
Table MountainWSW 256°1,165.86 m5.8 mi
Peekamoose MountainWSW 251°1,164.03 m5.6 mi
Wittenberg MountainNW 307°1,152.75 m3.4 mi
Panther MountainNW 316°1,135.08 m7.4 mi
Lone MountainW 262°1,127.76 m4.9 mi
Friday MountainW 280°1,125 m3.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2319:5520:37
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
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/424229403

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