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Town Brook Unit

Town Brook Unit from directly overhead

Town Brook Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 640 m. Bearpen Mountain stands 1,098 m to the southeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Township Valley Unit, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.

What to expect

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

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.35897, -74.61402

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks: 32
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
  • Kirkside Park: 5.4 mi
  • Village Green at Jefferson: 8.4 mi
  • Mine Kill State Park: 9.5 mi
  • Fleischmann Athletic Park: 14.6 mi
Museums: 13
  • Maple Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Gilboa Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Zadock Pratt Museum: 9.8 mi
  • Pratt Museum: 9.8 mi
  • New York Power Authority Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center: 9.9 mi
Historic sites: 11
Waterfalls: 10
Attractions: 5
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 4
Springs: 3
Beaches: 1
  • Belleayre Beach: 17.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • East Worcester Rest Area: 17.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 21.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Town Brook Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bearpen MountainSE 132°1,098 m9.7 mi
North Bearpen MountainSE 132°1,076 m8.9 mi
RoundtopSE 125°1,052 m7.7 mi
North PlattekillSSW 207°1,021 m5.7 mi
Schultice MountainESE 119°1,001 m5.7 mi
Plattekill MountainSSW 195°996 m6.6 mi
Moresville Range HPENE 67°991 m2.7 mi
Narrow Notch MountainS 184°985 m1.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2219:5720:40
September equinox06:4618:2118:58
December solstice07:2515:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435564696760483829
Precip in2.82.43.33.83.64.74.84.44.14.43.13.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Manor, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424230091

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