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West Branch Headwaters Unit

West Branch Headwaters Unit from directly overhead

West Branch Headwaters Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 243 m. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the west, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Dick Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 21 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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Coordinates41.47111, -73.79461

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Fahnestock Winter Park: 1.5 mi
  • Lime Kiln Recreation Center: 4.7 mi
  • Crane Road: 5.2 mi
  • Sycamore Park: 5.3 mi
  • Douglas Phillips Park: 6.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums: 45
Gardens: 30
  • Boscobel Gardens: 8.5 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 11.1 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 13.8 mi
  • Garden: 14.5 mi
Beaches: 14
Attractions: 14
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 11.5 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 15.8 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 16.2 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 17.4 mi
  • Van Cortlandt Manor: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 8
  • Upper Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Lower Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 15.3 mi
  • LG waterfall: 15.7 mi
  • Cascades: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 6.4 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 6.5 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 21.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of West Branch Headwaters Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Beacon MountainW 275°491 m7.8 mi
North Beacon MountainW 279°465 m7.9 mi
Bald HillWNW 289°456 m6.7 mi
Lambs HillWNW 283°454 m7.1 mi
Bull HillWSW 255°433 m8.7 mi
Crows NestWSW 246°429 m10.7 mi
Storm King MountainWSW 256°411 m10.7 mi
Mount EgbertNE 39°405 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:07
June solstice05:2219:5120:33
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1915:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938506067737264534132
Precip in3.73.44.03.83.64.54.43.85.14.73.94.1

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/481477548

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