Shandaken Unit
Shandaken Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 523 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the south, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Glenbrook Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
How to reach it
- 22.9 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- High Falls · 24 mi
- White Dot · 26 mi
- Copes Lookout · 27 mi
- Panther Rock · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Glenbrook Park: 0.5 mi
- Big Indian Park: 3.3 mi
- Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 3.7 mi
- Smith Park: 4.6 mi
- Simpson Mini-Park: 4.7 mi
- Fox Hollow Unit: 0.7 mi
- Allaben Unit: 2.5 mi
- Indian Grove Unit: 3.2 mi
- Sheridan Mountain Unit: 3.7 mi
- Simpson Ski Slope: 4.3 mi
- South Sherrill: 1.8 mi
- Garfield Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Rose Mountain: 3.1 mi
- South Broadstreet Hollow: 3.2 mi
- Sheridan Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Otter Falls: 6.7 mi
- Diamond Notch Falls: 7.6 mi
- Cornell Falls: 7.9 mi
- High Falls: 12.1 mi
- Red Falls: 12.7 mi
- Burroughs Monument: 2.8 mi
- Pine Hill Honor Roll: 4.7 mi
- Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area: 7.0 mi
- Post WWII Memorial: 8.3 mi
- John Burroughs Monument: 8.7 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 5.2 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 10.6 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 13.3 mi
- Pratt Museum: 13.3 mi
- Woodstock Artists Association & Museum: 15.0 mi
- Giant Ledge: 5.9 mi
- Cornell Crack: 8.6 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 9.7 mi
- Samuels Point: 9.8 mi
- Pratt Rocks: 12.9 mi
- Winnisook: 3.2 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 4.7 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 9.6 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 11.0 mi
- The Great Knot: 18.2 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 8.6 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 11.3 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 14.5 mi
- Bear Wallow: 14.7 mi
- Bear Wallow: 14.7 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 4.3 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 21.5 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 22.7 mi
- Ulster Landing Beach: 24.3 mi
- West Landing: 24.3 mi
- Rail Explorers: 5.2 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 7.4 mi
- Pratt Rock: 12.9 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 21.0 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 24.1 mi
- Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 23.6 mi
- The Walled Garden: 24.3 mi
- The Upper Garden: 24.3 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Shandaken Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide Mountain | S 179° | 1,266 m | 8.7 mi |
| Hunter Mountain | ENE 66° | 1,228.34 m | 8.9 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,186 m | 5.9 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain | SW 227° | 1,180 m | 9.8 mi |
| Cornell Mountain | S 169° | 1,174 m | 8.7 mi |
| Wittenberg Mountain | SSE 165° | 1,152.75 m | 8.3 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | ENE 71° | 1,140 m | 7.9 mi |
| Panther Mountain | S 184° | 1,135.08 m | 4.7 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 | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| 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 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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