Rusk Mountain Wild Forest
Rusk Mountain Wild Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 660 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the east-southeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Tumbleweed Unit, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
How to reach it
- 26.7 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- High Falls · 28 mi
- White Dot · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tumbleweed Unit: 0.7 mi
- Spruceton Unit: 3.1 mi
- Mill Hollow Unit: 3.8 mi
- Diamond Notch Primitive Bicycle Corridor: 4.3 mi
- Park Road Unit: 4.7 mi
- Pine Island Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Evergreen Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Packsaddle: 1.8 mi
- Saint Anne's Peak: 2.4 mi
- North Dome: 2.5 mi
- Diamond Notch Falls: 4.1 mi
- Red Falls: 7.8 mi
- Hardenburg Falls: 11.1 mi
- Delmura Falls: 12.5 mi
- East Kill Falls: 12.5 mi
- Ashland Park: 6.7 mi
- Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 6.9 mi
- Glenbrook Park: 6.9 mi
- Parish Field: 8.4 mi
- Simpson Mini-Park: 8.5 mi
- Post WWII Memorial: 3.8 mi
- New York State Forest Preserve Centennial: 7.1 mi
- Burroughs Monument: 7.5 mi
- Pine Hill Honor Roll: 9.3 mi
- Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area: 10.7 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 5.6 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 8.7 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 9.2 mi
- Pratt Museum: 9.2 mi
- Mountain Top Historical Society: 12.0 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 4.9 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 8.6 mi
- Winnisook: 9.3 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 14.9 mi
- The Great Knot: 17.4 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 7.2 mi
- Pratt Rocks: 8.5 mi
- Giant Ledge: 12.0 mi
- Hurricane Ledge: 13.0 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 13.5 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 5.6 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 10.4 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 17.4 mi
- Bear Wallow: 19.4 mi
- Bear Wallow: 19.5 mi
- The Upper Garden: 22.5 mi
- The Walled Garden: 22.5 mi
- Blithewood Garden: 24.6 mi
- Rough Garden: 24.8 mi
- Ellipse: 24.8 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 9.3 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 21.4 mi
- West Landing: 23.3 mi
- South Landing: 23.3 mi
- Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 23.6 mi
- Pratt Rock: 8.7 mi
- Rail Explorers: 8.8 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 11.0 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 16.5 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 19.3 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Rusk Mountain Wild Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Mountain | ESE 112° | 1,228.34 m | 5.3 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | SE 144° | 1,186 m | 3.3 mi |
| Plateau Mountain | ESE 121° | 1,168.91 m | 9.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | ESE 120° | 1,160 m | 10.4 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | SE 125° | 1,140 m | 5.2 mi |
| Rusk Mountain | E 98° | 1,123.493 m | 2.5 mi |
| East Rusk | E 96° | 1,105.814 m | 3.4 mi |
| North Dome | SSW 207° | 1,098.8 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:55 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:44 | 16:29 |
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 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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