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Stony Clove Unit

Stony Clove Unit from directly overhead

Stony Clove Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 675 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the north, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is New York State Forest Preserve Centennial, a historic site 1.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.14276, -74.22312

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 5.7 mi
  • Parish Field: 6.0 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 6.3 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 7.1 mi
  • Bearsville Park: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 56
Historic sites: 44
Museums: 35
Artworks: 16
Cliffs: 15
  • Devils Tombstone: 1.3 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 7.2 mi
  • Hurricane Ledge: 7.4 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 8.0 mi
  • Ministers Face: 8.3 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Belleayre Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 14.8 mi
  • West Landing: 16.6 mi
  • South Landing: 16.6 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 17.2 mi
Gardens: 11
  • The Walled Garden: 16.1 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 16.1 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 17.8 mi
  • Rough Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Ellipse: 18.0 mi
Springs: 8
  • Devil's Acre spring: 1.6 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 11.5 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 15.3 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 15.4 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Rail Explorers: 6.1 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 7.2 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 12.9 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 15.4 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Stony Clove Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainN 351°1,228.34 m2.5 mi
Thomas Cole MountainNNE 27°1,204.87 m9.9 mi
West Kill MountainWNW 297°1,186 m3.8 mi
Plateau MountainE 98°1,168.91 m2.5 mi
Sugarloaf MountainESE 102°1,160 m3.8 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNW 322°1,140 m1.7 mi
Rusk MountainNW 325°1,123.493 m4.9 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakE 80°1,113.13 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5520:37
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4316:29

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424227082

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