Red Hill Unit
Red Hill Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 664 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the northeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum, a museum 0.9 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 29.4 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
Overlooks nearby
- Panther Rock · 16 mi
- Beacon Hill · 19 mi
- Compass Rock · 19 mi
- Hawkwatch · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Hill: 0.9 mi
- Denman Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Woodhull Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Bangle Hill: 4.1 mi
- Red Hill Knolls Unit: 2.2 mi
- Bungalow Brook Unit: 2.9 mi
- Rondout Creek Unit: 3.4 mi
- Western Brook Unit: 3.6 mi
- Pine Patch Unit: 4.0 mi
- Lester S. Davis Park: 12.6 mi
- Liberty Municipal Park: 13.0 mi
- Lippman Park: 13.1 mi
- Shirley Diamond Memorial Park: 13.1 mi
- Francis A. Hanofee Memorial Park: 13.1 mi
- Forstmann Castle: 5.4 mi
- Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 7.5 mi
- John Burroughs Monument: 8.9 mi
- ETS Relay (Ruin): 9.1 mi
- Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 12.9 mi
- Spencers Ledge: 7.0 mi
- Cornell Crack: 10.2 mi
- Giant Ledge: 10.7 mi
- Samuels Point: 12.0 mi
- Indian Rock: 17.0 mi
- High Falls: 4.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 5.2 mi
- Vernooy Kill Falls: 7.8 mi
- Otter Falls: 9.6 mi
- Cornell Falls: 10.4 mi
- Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 0.9 mi
- Napanoch Station: 14.1 mi
- Liberty Museum and Arts Center: 14.3 mi
- Borscht Belt Museum: 14.7 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 15.7 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 15.0 mi
- Overturned 1938 Truck: 15.1 mi
- Rail Explorers: 15.7 mi
- VanTran Covered Bridge: 16.4 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 19.0 mi
- Piped Spring: 0.9 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 6.4 mi
- Box Spring: 6.7 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 10.3 mi
- Bear Wallow: 11.6 mi
- Winnisook: 13.7 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 14.0 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 15.4 mi
- Gnome Chomsky: 15.5 mi
- Beamoc Trout: 20.7 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 15.0 mi
- Lake Awosting Beach: 18.4 mi
- Lake Minnewaska Beach: 19.0 mi
- Scuba Diving Access Area: 19.0 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 19.3 mi
- Buddah Garden: 19.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 20.7 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
- Roscoe: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Red Hill Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide Mountain | NE 47° | 1,266 m | 8.9 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain | N 354° | 1,180 m | 8.1 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain - South Peak | N 355° | 1,175 m | 7.8 mi |
| Graham Mountain | NNW 348° | 1,174 m | 9.0 mi |
| Cornell Mountain | NE 52° | 1,174 m | 10.2 mi |
| Table Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,165.86 m | 6.4 mi |
| Peekamoose Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,164.03 m | 6.6 mi |
| Wittenberg Mountain | NE 52° | 1,152.75 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:55 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:46 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/802325720
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