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South Yankeetown Pond Unit

South Yankeetown Pond Unit from directly overhead

South Yankeetown Pond Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 262 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Acorn Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 12 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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.01885, -74.17615

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bearsville Park: 1.8 mi
  • Rick Volz Field: 1.9 mi
  • The Comeau Property: 2.8 mi
  • Woodstock Waterfall Park: 3.2 mi
  • Andy Lee Field: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls
Historic sites: 55
Cliffs: 41
  • Snake Rocks Cliff: 1.2 mi
  • Ministers Face: 6.5 mi
  • Samuels Point: 7.0 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 8.9 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 9.2 mi
Museums: 35
Artworks: 24
  • Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 4.8 mi
  • The Great Knot: 7.7 mi
  • Opus 40: 7.7 mi
  • The Query Family: 7.8 mi
  • Flame: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Tongore Park Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 12.5 mi
  • West Landing: 12.9 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 11.9 mi
  • Rough Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 13.2 mi
  • Ellipse: 13.2 mi
Attractions: 12
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 6.1 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 8.0 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 12.2 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 14.3 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 15.6 mi
Springs: 8
  • Bear Wallow: 8.6 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 8.7 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 10.5 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of South Yankeetown Pond Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainW 263°1,266 m10.9 mi
Cornell MountainW 263°1,174 m9.3 mi
Plateau MountainN 1°1,168.91 m8.2 mi
Sugarloaf MountainN 10°1,160 m7.9 mi
Wittenberg MountainW 265°1,152.75 m8.8 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNNW 341°1,140 m10.5 mi
Friday MountainWSW 257°1,125 m9.8 mi
DinkW 261°1,115.26 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5420:37
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2215:4416:29

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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424230765

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