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Platte Clove Road Unit

Platte Clove Road Unit from directly overhead

Platte Clove Road Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 551 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the west, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Clum Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 23 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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Coordinates42.17204, -74.14329

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 1.4 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 3.4 mi
  • C.D. Lane Park: 8.1 mi
  • Andy Lee Field: 8.9 mi
  • Bearsville Park: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 60
Historic sites: 48
Museums: 33
Artworks: 17
Cliffs: 15
  • Hurricane Ledge: 3.3 mi
  • Devils Tombstone: 3.3 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 4.2 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 5.2 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Saugerties Beach: 12.1 mi
  • West Landing: 14.1 mi
  • South Landing: 14.2 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Belleayre Beach: 17.2 mi
Gardens: 12
  • The Upper Garden: 13.0 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 13.0 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Rough Garden: 15.9 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 15.9 mi
Attractions: 7
  • The Old Game Farm: 8.3 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 10.6 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 11.2 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 17.2 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 19.4 mi
Springs: 6
  • Devil's Acre spring: 4.5 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 9.3 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 18.6 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 18.6 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 19.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Platte Clove Road Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainW 275°1,228.34 m4.5 mi
Black DomeN 9°1,217.37 m6.9 mi
Thomas Cole MountainN 3°1,204.87 m6.8 mi
BlackheadNNE 17°1,200.91 m6.9 mi
West Kill MountainW 268°1,186 m7.5 mi
Plateau MountainSW 214°1,168.91 m2.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainS 187°1,160 m2.8 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainW 263°1,140 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5420:37
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4316:28

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424227078

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