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Willow Unit

Willow Unit from directly overhead

Willow Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 322 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Tobias, a peak 1.3 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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Coordinates42.07749, -74.21764

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bearsville Park: 4.2 mi
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 4.4 mi
  • Rick Volz Field: 4.6 mi
  • Parish Field: 4.8 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 5.0 mi
Waterfalls
Historic sites: 50
Cliffs: 32
Museums: 31
Artworks: 17
Beaches: 17
  • Belleayre Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Tongore Park Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 14.9 mi
  • West Landing: 15.0 mi
Gardens: 14
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 14.7 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 15.4 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Rough Garden: 16.0 mi
Attractions: 11
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 4.1 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 4.6 mi
  • The Old Game Farm: 15.5 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 16.4 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 18.5 mi
Springs: 9
  • Devil's Acre spring: 6.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 11.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 11.1 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 12.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Willow Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainWSW 238°1,266 m10.2 mi
Hunter MountainN 355°1,228.34 m7.0 mi
West Kill MountainNNW 329°1,186 m7.3 mi
Cornell MountainSW 234°1,174 m8.8 mi
Plateau MountainNNE 28°1,168.91 m4.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNE 43°1,160 m5.1 mi
Wittenberg MountainSW 234°1,152.75 m8.2 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNNW 347°1,140 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2219:5420:37
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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1134357556

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