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Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel

Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel from directly overhead

Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 218 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Metacahonts Falls, a waterfall 2.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 3.8 miles off.

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Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

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Coordinates41.85459, -74.25383

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 3.2 mi
  • Future DEC: 4.8 mi
  • Acorn Hill Unit: 5.6 mi
  • Future DEC: 6.0 mi
  • Ashokan Fishing Access Area: 6.4 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Rochester Town Park: 4.8 mi
  • Osterhoudt Flats Preserve: 5.2 mi
  • Osterhoudt Flats Preserve: 5.3 mi
  • Tongore Park: 5.4 mi
  • Tongore Park: 6.0 mi
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 57
  • Metacahonts Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Winchell's Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Vernooy Kill Falls: 6.2 mi
  • High Falls Waterfall: 6.5 mi
  • Mossy Brook Waterfall: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 42
Museums: 36
  • The Den of Marbletown: 6.6 mi
  • D & H Canal Museum and Visitor Center: 6.8 mi
  • Widow Jane Mine Museum: 8.1 mi
  • Snyder Carriage and Sleigh Museum: 8.1 mi
  • Napanoch Station: 9.8 mi
Artworks: 24
Gardens: 23
  • Butterfly Garden: 9.0 mi
  • SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 13.5 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Vanderbilt Gardens: 16.6 mi
Beaches: 20
Attractions: 10
Springs: 7
  • Bear Wallow: 5.2 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 5.3 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Box Spring: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainNW 326°1,266 m12.1 mi
Cornell MountainNNW 333°1,174 m11.4 mi
Table MountainNW 313°1,165.86 m10.6 mi
Peekamoose MountainNW 313°1,164.03 m10.1 mi
Wittenberg MountainNNW 336°1,152.75 m11.6 mi
Lone MountainNW 319°1,127.76 m10.6 mi
Friday MountainNNW 329°1,125 m10.7 mi
DinkNNW 330°1,115.26 m11.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2319:5420:36
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2215:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937496069737164534232
Precip in3.83.24.34.04.04.84.74.85.25.23.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mohonk Lake, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/431595810

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