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Warner Creek South Unit

Warner Creek South Unit from directly overhead

Warner Creek South Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 562 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the north, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Warner Creek North Unit, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

What to expect

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

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.10709, -74.23026

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Parish Field: 4.4 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 4.7 mi
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 5.9 mi
  • Bearsville Park: 6.1 mi
  • Rick Volz Field: 6.5 mi
Museums: 30
Cliffs: 18
  • Devils Tombstone: 3.6 mi
  • Snake Rocks Cliff: 6.9 mi
  • Ministers Face: 7.7 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 7.7 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 8.3 mi
Artworks: 16
Beaches: 15
  • Belleayre Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 14.5 mi
  • West Landing: 16.1 mi
  • South Landing: 16.1 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 16.3 mi
Gardens: 11
  • The Walled Garden: 16.1 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 16.1 mi
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 16.6 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Rough Garden: 17.2 mi
Springs: 9
  • Devil's Acre spring: 4.0 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 12.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 12.9 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Rail Explorers: 4.4 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 4.9 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 14.6 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 17.1 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 18.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Warner Creek South Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainN 360°1,228.34 m4.9 mi
West Kill MountainNW 324°1,186 m5.2 mi
Cornell MountainSW 222°1,174 m9.8 mi
Plateau MountainNE 53°1,168.91 m3.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainENE 68°1,160 m4.4 mi
Wittenberg MountainSW 221°1,152.75 m9.1 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainN 350°1,140 m3.9 mi
Panther MountainWSW 248°1,135.08 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5520:37
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2315:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435463686660483828
Precip in4.94.05.75.24.86.05.56.36.37.04.97.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424230766

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