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Shawangunk-Catskill Connector Property

Shawangunk-Catskill Connector Property from directly overhead

Shawangunk-Catskill Connector Property is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 343 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is OSI Protected Monos Property, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.76191, -74.42027

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Mildred & Louis Resnick Park: 3.3 mi
  • Bob Mangels Botanical Gardens: 3.3 mi
  • Liberty Square: 3.4 mi
  • Lippman Park: 3.5 mi
  • Mill Street Park: 3.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • High Point Fire Tower Site: 5.4 mi
  • Heroes’ Monument: 5.8 mi
  • Bear: 6.1 mi
  • Old Mine Road: 6.6 mi
  • Berrypicker Shack: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 35
Waterfalls: 29
Museums: 28
Beaches: 11
Attractions: 10
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 4.0 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 11.6 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 13.4 mi
  • Ulster County Fair: 15.7 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 17.2 mi
Springs: 8
  • Box Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Piped Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 13.2 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 13.2 mi
Artworks: 6
Gardens: 6
  • Buddah Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 12.2 mi
  • SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 17.2 mi
  • The Meditation Garden: 22.6 mi
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 20.5 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Shawangunk-Catskill Connector Property. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainN 6°1,266 m16.5 mi
Cornell MountainNNE 11°1,174 m16.9 mi
Table MountainN 3°1,165.86 m13.6 mi
Peekamoose MountainN 5°1,164.03 m13.3 mi
Lone MountainN 6°1,127.76 m14.4 mi
Friday MountainN 11°1,125 m15.9 mi
DinkN 10°1,115.26 m16.5 mi
Little SlideN 4°1,109 m17.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2419:5420:37
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2215:4616:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937496069737164534232
Precip in3.83.24.34.04.04.84.74.85.25.23.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mohonk Lake, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1225808193

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