Western Brook Unit
Western Brook Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 444 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Slater Road Unit, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
How to reach it
- 11.9 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 27.1 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
Overlooks nearby
- Panther Rock · 14 mi
- Beacon Hill · 19 mi
- Compass Rock · 19 mi
- Hawkwatch · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Slater Road Unit: 2.3 mi
- Pine Patch Unit: 2.3 mi
- Rondout Creek Unit: 2.5 mi
- Red Hill Unit: 3.6 mi
- Bungalow Brook Unit: 3.6 mi
- Thunder Hill: 2.7 mi
- Denman Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.8 mi
- South Hill: 3.0 mi
- Red Hill: 4.4 mi
- Morningside Park: 9.8 mi
- Liberty Municipal Park: 9.9 mi
- Francis A. Hanofee Memorial Park: 10.0 mi
- Shirley Diamond Memorial Park: 10.0 mi
- Centreville Station Park: 10.8 mi
- Forstmann Castle: 8.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument: 11.0 mi
- Big Vanilla at Davos Ski Lift F: 11.3 mi
- Big Vanilla at Davos Ski Lift E: 11.4 mi
- Spencers Ledge: 9.2 mi
- Cornell Crack: 13.5 mi
- Giant Ledge: 14.3 mi
- Indian Rock: 15.1 mi
- Samuels Point: 15.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 7.8 mi
- High Falls: 8.2 mi
- Vernooy Kill Falls: 8.8 mi
- Hanging Rock Falls: 10.3 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 12.7 mi
- Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum: 4.3 mi
- Liberty Museum and Arts Center: 11.4 mi
- Napanoch Station: 12.5 mi
- Borscht Belt Museum: 12.6 mi
- Sullivan County Historical Society Museum: 16.2 mi
- Overturned 1938 Truck: 13.4 mi
- VanTran Covered Bridge: 15.3 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 18.3 mi
- Rail Explorers: 19.2 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 19.6 mi
- Piped Spring: 4.4 mi
- Box Spring: 4.6 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 9.6 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 12.4 mi
- Bear Wallow: 13.7 mi
- Wanaksink Lake Beach: 16.7 mi
- Lake Awosting Beach: 17.1 mi
- Lake Minnewaska Beach: 18.3 mi
- Scuba Diving Access Area: 18.3 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 18.5 mi
- Gnome Chomsky: 15.5 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 16.9 mi
- Winnisook: 17.3 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 18.9 mi
- Beamoc Trout: 19.7 mi
- Buddah Garden: 17.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 20.3 mi
- Roscoe: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Western Brook Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide Mountain | NE 41° | 1,266 m | 12.3 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain | N 4° | 1,180 m | 11.3 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain - South Peak | N 4° | 1,175 m | 11.1 mi |
| Graham Mountain | N 358° | 1,174 m | 12.1 mi |
| Table Mountain | NE 47° | 1,165.86 m | 9.6 mi |
| Peekamoose Mountain | NE 50° | 1,164.03 m | 9.6 mi |
| Balsam Lake Mountain | NNW 348° | 1,136 m | 12.9 mi |
| Lone Mountain | NE 47° | 1,127.76 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:55 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:46 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 31 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Liberty 1 NE, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/424229278
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