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Railroad Bend Unit

Railroad Bend Unit from directly overhead

Railroad Bend Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 502 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the west-southwest, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Piano Performance Museum, a museum 1.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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

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Coordinates42.19523, -74.19212

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 3.0 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 3.6 mi
  • C.D. Lane Park: 6.5 mi
  • Parish Field: 9.8 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 59
Historic sites: 47
Museums: 33
Artworks: 15
Cliffs: 14
  • Devils Tombstone: 2.8 mi
  • Hurricane Ledge: 6.2 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 7.1 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 8.1 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 8.2 mi
Gardens: 12
  • The Upper Garden: 15.9 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 18.5 mi
  • Rough Garden: 18.8 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 18.8 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Saugerties Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Belleayre Beach: 15.1 mi
  • West Landing: 17.1 mi
  • South Landing: 17.1 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 18.3 mi
Springs: 7
  • Devil's Acre spring: 2.9 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 7.6 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 19.2 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 19.3 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 19.6 mi
Attractions: 6
  • The Old Game Farm: 9.9 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 9.9 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 11.2 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 14.2 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainWSW 239°1,228.34 m2.3 mi
Black DomeNE 34°1,217.37 m6.3 mi
Thomas Cole MountainNNE 29°1,204.87 m6.0 mi
BlackheadNE 42°1,200.91 m6.7 mi
West Kill MountainWSW 249°1,186 m5.3 mi
Plateau MountainSSE 167°1,168.91 m4.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSSE 154°1,160 m4.9 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainSW 229°1,140 m3.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5520:37
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 °F212229415361656457463627
Precip in4.43.14.84.84.04.64.65.15.36.04.84.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424227079

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