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Vinci Brook Unit

Vinci Brook Unit from directly overhead

Vinci Brook Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 504 m. Mongaup Mountain stands 968 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller Hollow Unit, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 18 miles off.

What to expect

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

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.07378, -74.87782

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Brock Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Brock Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Brock Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.5 mi
Parks: 27
Historic sites: 10
  • Cat Hollow Legend: 3.4 mi
  • Handen Covered Bridge: 10.2 mi
  • Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 10.2 mi
  • ETS Relay (Ruin): 17.0 mi
  • Carriage House: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Tompkins Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Russell Brook Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 10.0 mi
  • High Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Stratton Falls: 19.3 mi
Museums: 5
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Beamoc Trout: 9.9 mi
  • Winnisook: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Roscoe: 10.2 mi
  • East Branch Rest Area: 15.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Piped Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Piped Spring: 22.4 mi
Attractions: 2
  • VanTran Covered Bridge: 11.2 mi
  • White Rock: 14.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Belleayre Beach: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Vinci Brook Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mongaup MountainESE 121°968 m10.7 mi
Cradle Rock RidgeESE 103°963 m11.4 mi
Beech MountainSE 126°950 m11.0 mi
Barkaboom MountainE 95°945 m9.0 mi
Little Pisgah MountainNE 42°924 m11.7 mi
Barkaboom MountainE 91°916 m8.1 mi
Hodge Pond HillSE 130°909 m9.9 mi
Middle MountainESE 119°906 m4.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3519:12
June solstice05:2519:5720:40
September equinox06:4818:2218:59
December solstice07:2515:4616:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445664696761493828

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downsville DAM, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424225912

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