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Stone Road Unit

Stone Road Unit from directly overhead

Stone Road Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Cornell Mountain stands 1,174 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Morgan Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 9.2 miles off.

What to expect

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

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.97723, -74.11929

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Coward's Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Winchell's Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 7.6 mi
Parks
  • The Comeau Property: 4.2 mi
  • Rick Volz Field: 4.3 mi
  • Woodstock Waterfall Park: 4.3 mi
  • Bearsville Park: 4.6 mi
  • Andy Lee Field: 4.7 mi
Historic sites
Cliffs: 41
Artworks: 25
Gardens: 23
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 10.6 mi
  • Rough Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Ellipse: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Tongore Park Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 10.8 mi
  • West Landing: 10.9 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Hudson River Cruises: 8.2 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 9.9 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 11.5 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 11.7 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 12.0 mi
Springs: 8
  • Bear Wallow: 9.4 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 9.4 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 14.2 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Stone Road Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cornell MountainW 278°1,174 m12.3 mi
Plateau MountainNNW 346°1,168.91 m11.5 mi
Sugarloaf MountainN 352°1,160 m10.8 mi
Wittenberg MountainW 280°1,152.75 m11.9 mi
Twin MountainN 357°1,112.52 m10.3 mi
Balsam CapW 270°1,099.72 m12.2 mi
Twin Mountain South SummitN 358°1,085 m9.8 mi
Indian Head MountainN 1°1,083 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5420:36
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, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424227148

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