Thorn Preserve
Thorn Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. Plateau Mountain stands 1,169 m to the north-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Israel Wittman Sanctuary, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- The Catskill Center
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 13 mi
- High Falls · 14 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 18 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Israel Wittman Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
- Rock Oak Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Sloan Gorge Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Stone Road Unit: 3.8 mi
- Mount Guardian Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Jockey Hill: 2.6 mi
- Halihan Hill: 3.6 mi
- Ohayo Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Snake Rocks: 4.2 mi
- Morgan Hill: 4.3 mi
- Woodstock Waterfall Park: 2.6 mi
- High Woods Multiple Use Area: 2.6 mi
- Andy Lee Field: 2.7 mi
- The Comeau Property: 2.9 mi
- Rick Volz Field: 3.8 mi
- Woodstock Veterans' War Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Keegan Bell: 2.7 mi
- Boarding House: 7.7 mi
- Shell Midden: 7.8 mi
- Butler Rockshelter: 7.8 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 4.7 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 4.7 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 4.7 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 4.8 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 4.8 mi
- Snake Rocks Cliff: 4.1 mi
- Ministers Face: 4.2 mi
- The "Great" Cliffs: 6.9 mi
- Hawks Rocks: 7.2 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 7.7 mi
- Woodstock Artists Association & Museum: 2.6 mi
- Senate House Museum: 6.6 mi
- Hurley Heritage Museum: 6.7 mi
- Mattewis Persen House: 6.7 mi
- Volunteer Firemen's Museum: 6.7 mi
- Opus 40: 3.1 mi
- Flame: 3.1 mi
- Tomorrow: 3.1 mi
- The Query Family: 3.1 mi
- The Great Knot: 3.7 mi
- Ulster Landing Beach: 6.8 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 7.2 mi
- West Landing: 7.8 mi
- South Landing: 7.8 mi
- Kingston Point Beach: 8.5 mi
- Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Rough Garden: 8.1 mi
- Formal Gardens: 8.1 mi
- Ellipse: 8.1 mi
- Blithewood Garden: 8.1 mi
- Hudson River Cruises: 8.6 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 11.0 mi
- Rail Explorers: 12.6 mi
- Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 12.9 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 15.2 mi
- Bear Wallow: 12.8 mi
- Bear Wallow: 12.8 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 12.8 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 14.0 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 17.6 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 8.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Thorn Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plateau Mountain | NNW 328° | 1,168.91 m | 9.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 333° | 1,160 m | 8.5 mi |
| Kaaterskill High Peak | N 359° | 1,113.13 m | 9.8 mi |
| Twin Mountain | NNW 339° | 1,112.52 m | 7.7 mi |
| Twin Mountain South Summit | NNW 339° | 1,085 m | 7.2 mi |
| Indian Head Mountain | NNW 343° | 1,083 m | 6.9 mi |
| Roundtop Mountain | N 355° | 1,056.13 m | 10.2 mi |
| Olderbark Mountain | NW 318° | 1,048 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:54 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 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 | 22 | 24 | 31 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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