Rochester Unit
Rochester Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 433 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is East Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 6.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Panther Rock · 9 mi
- Beacon Hill · 12 mi
- Compass Rock · 12 mi
- Hawkwatch · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Flat Hill: 3.7 mi
- Pople Hill: 3.8 mi
- Bangle Hill: 4.3 mi
- Steiny Hill: 4.5 mi
- Deer Kill Creek Unit: 2.8 mi
- Rondout Creek Unit: 4.2 mi
- Pine Patch Unit: 4.3 mi
- Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 5.1 mi
- Shawangunk-Catskill Connector Property: 5.8 mi
- Lippman Park: 6.5 mi
- Bob Mangels Botanical Gardens: 8.8 mi
- Mildred & Louis Resnick Park: 8.9 mi
- Liberty Square: 9.0 mi
- Mill Street Park: 9.3 mi
- Old Mine Road: 7.6 mi
- High Point Fire Tower Site: 10.2 mi
- Bear: 10.3 mi
- Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 10.3 mi
- John Burroughs Monument: 10.7 mi
- Spencers Ledge: 5.2 mi
- Indian Rock: 10.9 mi
- Cornell Crack: 11.3 mi
- Litchfield Ledge: 11.7 mi
- Samuels Point: 11.8 mi
- Vernooy Kill Falls: 3.0 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 5.4 mi
- Metacahonts Falls: 7.0 mi
- Hanging Rock Falls: 7.2 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 8.1 mi
- Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 7.5 mi
- Napanoch Station: 7.8 mi
- Borscht Belt Museum: 8.9 mi
- D & H Canal Museum and Visitor Center: 14.9 mi
- The Den of Marbletown: 14.9 mi
- Lake Awosting Beach: 11.7 mi
- Lake Minnewaska Beach: 12.3 mi
- Scuba Diving Access Area: 12.3 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 14.3 mi
- Wanaksink Lake Beach: 17.5 mi
- Overturned 1938 Truck: 8.9 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 12.9 mi
- Swimming Hole: 13.3 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 15.5 mi
- Rail Explorers: 17.1 mi
- Gnome Chomsky: 8.9 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 12.9 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 17.1 mi
- Winnisook: 17.9 mi
- Large Hybrid, 1971: 18.7 mi
- Box Spring: 3.8 mi
- Piped Spring: 6.4 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 7.5 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 8.1 mi
- Bear Wallow: 8.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 14.0 mi
- Buddah Garden: 14.5 mi
- SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 18.5 mi
- Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 21.6 mi
- Rondout Community Garden: 22.8 mi
- Roscoe: 23.7 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Rochester Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide Mountain | N 8° | 1,266 m | 10.7 mi |
| Cornell Mountain | NNE 16° | 1,174 m | 11.2 mi |
| Table Mountain | N 4° | 1,165.86 m | 7.8 mi |
| Peekamoose Mountain | N 7° | 1,164.03 m | 7.5 mi |
| Wittenberg Mountain | NNE 17° | 1,152.75 m | 11.8 mi |
| Lone Mountain | N 9° | 1,127.76 m | 8.6 mi |
| Friday Mountain | NNE 16° | 1,125 m | 10.2 mi |
| Dink | NNE 14° | 1,115.26 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:55 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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