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Smith Road Unit

Smith Road Unit from directly overhead

Smith Road Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 608 m. Doubletop Mountain stands 1,180 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is West Neversink Unit, a nature reserve 2.4 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.86186, -74.70092

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 46
  • Creekside Park: 4.8 mi
  • Shirley Diamond Memorial Park: 4.9 mi
  • Liberty Municipal Park: 4.9 mi
  • Francis A. Hanofee Memorial Park: 5.0 mi
  • Walnut Mountain Park: 5.9 mi
Historic sites: 31
Waterfalls: 24
  • Wildcat Falls: 7.5 mi
  • High Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Tompkins Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Russell Brook Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 13
Museums: 7
Springs: 7
  • Piped Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Box Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Piped Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 20.4 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Beamoc Trout: 12.0 mi
  • Winnisook: 21.2 mi
  • Gnome Chomsky: 23.3 mi
  • Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 24.3 mi
  • Shandaken Eagle: 24.9 mi
Attractions: 3
  • VanTran Covered Bridge: 7.7 mi
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 19.9 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Roscoe: 9.5 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Buddah Garden: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Smith Road Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Doubletop MountainNE 38°1,180 m14.5 mi
Doubletop Mountain - South PeakNE 39°1,175 m14.3 mi
Graham MountainNNE 32°1,174 m14.5 mi
Balsam Lake MountainNNE 23°1,136 m13.9 mi
Millbrook RidgeNNE 15°1,080 m13.6 mi
Woodpecker RidgeNNE 19°1,057 m13.0 mi
Beaver Kill RangeNNE 30°1,009 m10.3 mi
Willowemoc MountainNNE 23°983 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2519:5620:38
September equinox06:4718:2118:58
December solstice07:2415:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431445463686659483828
Precip in3.72.83.94.24.75.24.75.35.24.83.84.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Liberty 1 NE, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424229276

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