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Sloan Gorge Preserve

Sloan Gorge Preserve from directly overhead

Sloan Gorge Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Ministers Face, a cliff 1.0 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Woodstock Land Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.07291, -74.06860

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Andy Lee Field: 3.2 mi
  • Woodstock Waterfall Park: 3.5 mi
  • High Woods Multiple Use Area: 3.8 mi
  • The Comeau Property: 3.9 mi
  • Rick Volz Field: 4.7 mi
Waterfalls: 58
Historic sites: 55
Museums: 33
Cliffs: 31
  • Ministers Face: 1.0 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 3.3 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 3.6 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 4.1 mi
  • Snake Rocks Cliff: 5.5 mi
Artworks: 22
Beaches: 19
  • Saugerties Beach: 6.0 mi
  • West Landing: 7.5 mi
  • South Landing: 7.5 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 11.2 mi
Gardens: 18
  • The Walled Garden: 7.8 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Rough Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Ellipse: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 11
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 11.3 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 11.6 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 11.9 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 12.3 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 16.1 mi
Springs: 7
  • Devil's Acre spring: 10.5 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 15.2 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 15.2 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 16.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Sloan Gorge Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainNW 311°1,228.34 m11.0 mi
Plateau MountainNW 310°1,168.91 m7.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNW 314°1,160 m5.8 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNW 305°1,140 m10.9 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakN 354°1,113.13 m6.2 mi
Twin MountainNW 320°1,112.52 m4.8 mi
Twin Mountain South SummitNW 317°1,085 m4.3 mi
Indian Head MountainNW 322°1,083 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5420:36
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:2215:4316:28

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/954773961

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