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Watson Hollow Unit

Watson Hollow Unit from directly overhead

Watson Hollow Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 339 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the northwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Future DEC, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.95322, -74.30718

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 1.8 mi
  • Grant Avery Park: 4.1 mi
  • Tongore Park: 5.2 mi
  • Brown's Station: 5.3 mi
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 5.4 mi
Waterfalls
  • Cornell Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Metacahonts Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Winchell's Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Vernooy Kill Falls: 6.5 mi
Historic sites: 57
  • ruins: 4.1 mi
  • Yale Quarry: 4.1 mi
  • J. Waldo Smith Monument: 4.9 mi
  • John Burroughs Monument: 5.1 mi
  • Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 41
Museums: 32
Artworks: 22
  • Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Shandaken Eagle: 8.9 mi
  • Gnome Chomsky: 11.6 mi
  • Winnisook: 12.6 mi
  • Opus 40: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 19
Gardens: 19
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 15.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 16.7 mi
  • SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 18.9 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 20.4 mi
Attractions: 11
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 6.7 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 8.8 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 12.1 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 15.5 mi
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 16.1 mi
Springs: 8
  • Bear Wallow: 2.1 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 2.2 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Piped Spring: 10.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Watson Hollow Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainNW 308°1,266 m5.1 mi
Cornell MountainNW 323°1,174 m4.2 mi
Table MountainW 274°1,165.86 m5.0 mi
Peekamoose MountainW 270°1,164.03 m4.7 mi
Wittenberg MountainNNW 331°1,152.75 m4.3 mi
Panther MountainNNW 328°1,135.08 m8.4 mi
Lone MountainWNW 285°1,127.76 m4.4 mi
Friday MountainNW 310°1,125 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:09
June solstice05:2319:5420:37
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:2315:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415360656457463626
Precip in4.73.25.14.95.06.05.25.66.26.45.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424229404

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