Rondout Creek Unit
Rondout Creek Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 265 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Patch Unit, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 29.6 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
Overlooks nearby
- Panther Rock · 12 mi
- Beacon Hill · 16 mi
- Compass Rock · 17 mi
- Hawkwatch · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Patch Unit: 0.8 mi
- Deer Kill Creek Unit: 2.4 mi
- Western Brook Unit: 2.5 mi
- Red Hill Unit: 3.4 mi
- Rochester Unit: 4.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.6 mi
- East Mountain: 2.6 mi
- South Hill: 2.9 mi
- Denman Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Bangle Hill: 4.2 mi
- Lippman Park: 10.0 mi
- Mildred & Louis Resnick Park: 11.3 mi
- Bob Mangels Botanical Gardens: 11.3 mi
- Liberty Square: 11.4 mi
- Krieger Park: 11.4 mi
- Forstmann Castle: 8.6 mi
- Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 9.7 mi
- John Burroughs Monument: 10.8 mi
- Old Mine Road: 11.7 mi
- Big Vanilla at Davos Ski Lift F: 12.0 mi
- Spencers Ledge: 7.0 mi
- Cornell Crack: 11.9 mi
- Giant Ledge: 13.1 mi
- Samuels Point: 13.2 mi
- Indian Rock: 13.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 5.8 mi
- Vernooy Kill Falls: 6.3 mi
- High Falls: 8.2 mi
- Hanging Rock Falls: 9.1 mi
- Metacahonts Falls: 10.6 mi
- Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 4.3 mi
- Napanoch Station: 10.8 mi
- Borscht Belt Museum: 11.3 mi
- Liberty Museum and Arts Center: 13.8 mi
- Sullivan County Historical Society Museum: 17.5 mi
- Box Spring: 3.3 mi
- Piped Spring: 3.6 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 8.0 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 10.1 mi
- Bear Wallow: 11.3 mi
- Overturned 1938 Truck: 11.9 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 16.6 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 17.1 mi
- Swimming Hole: 17.4 mi
- Rail Explorers: 17.7 mi
- Gnome Chomsky: 13.1 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 14.8 mi
- Winnisook: 16.7 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 17.5 mi
- Beamoc Trout: 22.1 mi
- Lake Awosting Beach: 15.3 mi
- Lake Minnewaska Beach: 16.2 mi
- Scuba Diving Access Area: 16.2 mi
- Wanaksink Lake Beach: 17.2 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 18.1 mi
- Buddah Garden: 16.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 18.1 mi
- SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 22.7 mi
- Roscoe: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Rondout Creek Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,266 m | 10.8 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain | N 351° | 1,180 m | 11.4 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain - South Peak | N 351° | 1,175 m | 11.1 mi |
| Cornell Mountain | NE 37° | 1,174 m | 11.8 mi |
| Graham Mountain | NNW 347° | 1,174 m | 12.4 mi |
| Table Mountain | NE 35° | 1,165.86 m | 7.9 mi |
| Peekamoose Mountain | NE 38° | 1,164.03 m | 7.8 mi |
| Wittenberg Mountain | NE 37° | 1,152.75 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:55 | 20:37 |
| 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/424229273
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