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West Neversink Unit

West Neversink Unit from directly overhead

West Neversink Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 439 m. Doubletop Mountain stands 1,180 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is East Neversink Unit, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 17 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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Coordinates41.86766, -74.65531

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks: 51
  • Shirley Diamond Memorial Park: 6.0 mi
  • Liberty Municipal Park: 6.0 mi
  • Francis A. Hanofee Memorial Park: 6.0 mi
  • Creekside Park: 6.5 mi
  • Walnut Mountain Park: 7.7 mi
Historic sites: 34
Waterfalls: 28
  • Wildcat Falls: 8.2 mi
  • High Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Hanging Rock Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Vernooy Kill Falls: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 24
Museums: 8
Springs: 7
  • Piped Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Box Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Piped Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 18.0 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Beamoc Trout: 14.0 mi
  • Winnisook: 19.5 mi
  • Gnome Chomsky: 21.1 mi
  • Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 22.0 mi
  • Shandaken Eagle: 22.8 mi
Beaches: 5
Attractions: 4
  • VanTran Covered Bridge: 9.6 mi
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 18.1 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 22.7 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Roscoe: 11.5 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Buddah Garden: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of West Neversink Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Doubletop MountainNNE 31°1,180 m12.8 mi
Doubletop Mountain - South PeakNNE 32°1,175 m12.7 mi
Graham MountainNNE 25°1,174 m13.1 mi
Table MountainENE 64°1,165.86 m14.3 mi
Peekamoose MountainENE 66°1,164.03 m14.5 mi
Balsam Lake MountainNNE 14°1,136 m12.7 mi
Big Indian MountainNE 35°1,127.46 m14.1 mi
Fir MountainNE 41°1,106.12 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2419:5620:38
September equinox06:4718:2118:58
December solstice07:2415:4616:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431445463686659483828
Precip in3.72.83.94.24.75.24.75.35.24.83.84.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Liberty 1 NE, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424229277

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