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Sheridan Mountain Unit

Sheridan Mountain Unit from directly overhead

Sheridan Mountain Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 388 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the south-southwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheridan Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 20 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

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Coordinates42.09346, -74.33049

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 1.0 mi
  • Parish Field: 1.1 mi
  • Glenbrook Park: 4.0 mi
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 5.6 mi
  • Big Indian Park: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls
  • Cornell Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Otter Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Diamond Notch Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 12.5 mi
  • High Falls: 12.6 mi
Historic sites: 43
Museums: 28
Cliffs: 18
Artworks: 16
Gardens: 11
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 19.9 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 21.1 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 21.2 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 21.3 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 21.8 mi
Springs: 9
  • Devil's Acre spring: 7.1 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 11.8 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 11.8 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Rail Explorers: 1.5 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 3.8 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 15.7 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 19.3 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 21.2 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Belleayre Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Tongore Park Beach: 18.0 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 19.5 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 20.7 mi
  • West Landing: 20.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Sheridan Mountain Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainSSW 204°1,266 m7.1 mi
Hunter MountainNE 41°1,228.34 m7.8 mi
West Kill MountainNNE 22°1,186 m5.6 mi
Cornell MountainSSW 192°1,174 m6.5 mi
Plateau MountainENE 69°1,168.91 m8.6 mi
Wittenberg MountainS 188°1,152.75 m6.0 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNE 43°1,140 m6.5 mi
Panther MountainSW 232°1,135.08 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2219:5520:37
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:2315:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415360656457463626
Precip in4.73.25.14.95.06.05.25.66.26.45.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424229990

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