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Turkey Point State Forest

Turkey Point State Forest from directly overhead

Turkey Point State Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,160 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Ulster Landing Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.01351, -73.94431

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ulster Landing Park: 0.6 mi
  • Annandale Triangle: 1.9 mi
  • Glasco Mini-Park: 1.9 mi
  • Charles Rider Park: 2.8 mi
  • Red Hook Recreation Park: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Shell Midden: 2.3 mi
  • Butler Rockshelter: 2.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Rondout Lighthouse: 6.8 mi
  • Veterans' Monument: 6.9 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 58
  • Glenerie Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 2.1 mi
Museums: 35
Cliffs: 32
  • Trap Cliff: 1.1 mi
  • Ministers Face: 8.6 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 9.8 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 9.8 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Wishbone: 1.6 mi
  • America: 1.8 mi
  • Stargon: 2.3 mi
  • Parliament of Reality: 2.4 mi
  • Love is in the Air: 4.4 mi
Gardens: 23
  • Rough Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 1.3 mi
  • Ellipse: 1.3 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Bard Community Garden: 1.7 mi
Beaches: 20
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 0.6 mi
  • South Landing: 2.3 mi
  • West Landing: 2.3 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 5.9 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Hudson River Cruises: 6.9 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 11.3 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 15.9 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 17.8 mi
  • wings castle: 18.1 mi
Springs: 6
  • Devil's Acre spring: 18.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 18.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 18.7 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Turkey Point State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNW 308°1,160 m13.3 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakNW 326°1,113.13 m12.4 mi
Twin MountainNW 309°1,112.52 m12.2 mi
Twin Mountain South SummitNW 308°1,085 m11.8 mi
Indian Head MountainNW 309°1,083 m11.3 mi
Roundtop MountainNW 324°1,056.13 m13.2 mi
Overlook MountainWNW 303°956 m9.1 mi
Plattekill MountainNW 312°942 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2119:5320:36
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2115:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465866717062503930
Precip in4.13.14.13.93.84.14.64.94.35.33.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/429542236

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