Spruceton Unit
Spruceton Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 446 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the east-southeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Packsaddle, a peak 1.6 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
How to reach it
- 28.1 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- High Falls · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Packsaddle: 1.6 mi
- Sleeping Lion: 1.7 mi
- Balsam Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Mount Sherrill: 2.5 mi
- Vinegar Hill: 2.5 mi
- Halcott Mountain Wild Forest: 2.0 mi
- Roarback Brook Unit: 2.5 mi
- Tumbleweed Unit: 2.7 mi
- Rusk Mountain Wild Forest: 3.1 mi
- Airport Road Unit: 4.3 mi
- Red Falls: 6.8 mi
- Diamond Notch Falls: 7.0 mi
- Hardenburg Falls: 9.4 mi
- Stratton Falls: 11.5 mi
- Manor Kill Falls: 11.9 mi
- Lower Birch Creek Trailhead of the Shandaken Wild Forest: 4.6 mi
- Glenbrook Park: 6.1 mi
- Ashland Park: 6.9 mi
- Smith Park: 7.0 mi
- Big Indian Park: 7.9 mi
- Post WWII Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Burroughs Monument: 5.7 mi
- Pine Hill Honor Roll: 7.1 mi
- New York State Forest Preserve Centennial: 10.0 mi
- Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area: 11.9 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 7.6 mi
- Pratt Museum: 7.6 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 8.6 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 9.8 mi
- Gilboa Museum: 13.6 mi
- Pratt Rocks: 7.1 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 10.1 mi
- Giant Ledge: 11.8 mi
- Cornell Crack: 14.4 mi
- Samuels Point: 15.3 mi
- Winnisook: 7.9 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 8.0 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 9.6 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 16.1 mi
- The Great Knot: 20.2 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 8.5 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 12.8 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 17.1 mi
- Piped Spring: 18.3 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 20.2 mi
- Pratt Rock: 7.2 mi
- Rail Explorers: 9.8 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 12.2 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 18.3 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 19.5 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 7.2 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 24.3 mi
- Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 24.7 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Spruceton Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,228.34 m | 8.3 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | ESE 120° | 1,186 m | 5.8 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,140 m | 8.0 mi |
| Panther Mountain | S 182° | 1,135.08 m | 10.6 mi |
| Rusk Mountain | E 96° | 1,123.493 m | 5.6 mi |
| East Rusk | E 95° | 1,105.814 m | 6.5 mi |
| Balsam Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,099.41 m | 9.7 mi |
| North Dome | SE 142° | 1,098.8 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:56 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:44 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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