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Roundtop Mountain Unit

Roundtop Mountain Unit from directly overhead

Roundtop Mountain Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 708 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the west, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Clum Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.17483, -74.11743

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 1.4 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 3.2 mi
  • C.D. Lane Park: 8.2 mi
  • Andy Lee Field: 9.0 mi
  • Woodstock Waterfall Park: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 59
Historic sites: 48
  • Tory Fort: 1.6 mi
  • Layman's Monument: 2.7 mi
  • stone house: 3.4 mi
  • Boarding House: 3.4 mi
  • cistern: 3.6 mi
Museums: 33
Artworks: 17
Cliffs: 15
  • Hurricane Ledge: 2.1 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 3.5 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 4.5 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 4.5 mi
  • Devils Tombstone: 4.6 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Saugerties Beach: 11.1 mi
  • West Landing: 13.2 mi
  • South Landing: 13.3 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Oakdale Beach: 18.1 mi
Gardens: 12
  • The Upper Garden: 11.9 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 11.9 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 14.8 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Rough Garden: 15.1 mi
Springs: 6
  • Devil's Acre spring: 5.9 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 9.4 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 19.3 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 19.3 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 20.1 mi
Attractions: 6
  • The Old Game Farm: 7.1 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 11.8 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 12.3 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 18.2 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 19.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Roundtop Mountain Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainW 272°1,228.34 m5.8 mi
Black DomeN 358°1,217.37 m6.6 mi
Thomas Cole MountainN 352°1,204.87 m6.7 mi
BlackheadN 6°1,200.91 m6.5 mi
West Kill MountainW 267°1,186 m8.8 mi
Plateau MountainSW 229°1,168.91 m3.9 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSSW 209°1,160 m3.4 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainW 262°1,140 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5420:37
September equinox06:4418:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4316:28

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424227080

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