Stonehouse Wood Sanctuary
Stonehouse Wood Sanctuary is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Hilltop stands 862 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Traver Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2007
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 13.1 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 14 mi
- High Falls · 16 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 19 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Traver Hill: 1.2 mi
- Schultz Hill: 1.5 mi
- Boice Hill: 2.1 mi
- Burger Hill: 2.7 mi
- Cookingham Hill: 3.3 mi
- Patriot Burials: 1.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Rondout Lighthouse: 7.9 mi
- Veterans' Monument: 8.1 mi
- Fountain: 9.5 mi
- Drayton Grant Park at Burger Hill: 2.6 mi
- Cafeteria park area: 3.9 mi
- Stortini Drive Local Park: 3.9 mi
- Trinity Place Local Park: 4.0 mi
- Rhinebeck Lions Club Park: 4.1 mi
- High Banks Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Stissing Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Buttercup Farm Audubon Sanctuary: 8.4 mi
- FOSL: 8.5 mi
- Northeastern Cave Conservancy: 8.7 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 11.3 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 11.3 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 11.3 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 11.4 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 11.4 mi
- Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum: 5.1 mi
- The Story Studio: 7.0 mi
- Riverport Wooden Boat School: 7.8 mi
- Trolley Museum of New York: 7.8 mi
- Hudson River Maritime Museum: 7.8 mi
- Indian Rock: 8.0 mi
- Trap Cliff: 8.8 mi
- Bard Rock: 8.9 mi
- Kaal Rock: 14.8 mi
- Gnome Mountain: 16.0 mi
- Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 7.1 mi
- Rondout Community Garden: 8.0 mi
- Formal Gardens: 8.9 mi
- Ellipse: 8.9 mi
- Rough Garden: 9.0 mi
- America: 9.1 mi
- Wishbone: 9.2 mi
- Parliament of Reality: 9.6 mi
- Stargon: 9.7 mi
- Frankiln Delano Roosevelt: 10.6 mi
- Flint Beach: 6.5 mi
- Esopus Meadows Beach: 6.6 mi
- Walnut Beach: 6.8 mi
- Kingston Point Beach: 7.2 mi
- Private Beach: 7.5 mi
- Hudson River Cruises: 7.9 mi
- Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 8.1 mi
- wings castle: 8.8 mi
- Huguenot Street Historic District: 16.7 mi
- Historic Huguenot District: 16.7 mi
- Bear Wallow: 23.6 mi
- Bear Wallow: 23.6 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 24.9 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 21.6 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 24.8 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 12.8 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Stonehouse Wood Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | SW 219° | 862 m | 11.6 mi |
| Silver Mountain | E 82° | 427 m | 13.4 mi |
| Stissing Mountain | ENE 62° | 425 m | 8.1 mi |
| Tower Hill | SE 125° | 403 m | 12.5 mi |
| Signal Rock | NNE 31° | 335 m | 11.8 mi |
| Green Hill | NNE 31° | 335 m | 11.8 mi |
| Shults Hill | ENE 71° | 334 m | 12.7 mi |
| McGee Hill | ENE 78° | 323 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/9273495605
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