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Rock Oak Preserve

Rock Oak Preserve from directly overhead

Rock Oak Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 171 m. Plateau Mountain stands 1,169 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone Road Unit, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 9.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Woodstock Land Conservancy

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.98042, -74.09347

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Coward's Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 6.3 mi
Parks
  • Woodstock Waterfall Park: 4.3 mi
  • The Comeau Property: 4.3 mi
  • Charles Street Park: 4.4 mi
  • Andy Lee Field: 4.6 mi
  • Forsyth Park: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
Cliffs: 40
  • Snake Rocks Cliff: 4.4 mi
  • Ministers Face: 7.1 mi
  • Trap Cliff: 9.0 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 9.7 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 10.1 mi
Museums: 36
Artworks: 25
Gardens: 23
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 9.2 mi
  • Rough Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Ellipse: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 22
  • Kingston Point Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Tongore Park Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 7.8 mi
  • West Landing: 9.6 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 9.6 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Hudson River Cruises: 7.2 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 10.9 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 11.0 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 12.3 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 13.0 mi
Springs: 8
  • Bear Wallow: 10.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 10.7 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 14.6 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Rock Oak Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Plateau MountainNNW 339°1,168.91 m11.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 344°1,160 m10.8 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakN 3°1,113.13 m12.6 mi
Twin MountainN 350°1,112.52 m10.2 mi
Twin Mountain South SummitN 350°1,085 m9.7 mi
Indian Head MountainN 353°1,083 m9.4 mi
Olderbark MountainNNW 332°1,048 m10.5 mi
Spruce TopNNW 342°1,030 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5420:36
September equinox06:4418:1918:56
December solstice07:2215:4416:29

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, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1491588240

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